This is place is most likely an exception to the rule but here is a single counter-example; a long-standing commune near my hometown:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Oaks_Community,_Virginia
http://www.twinoakscommunity.org/paxus-307/pax-modesty-ineff...
It's a survivor of "thousands" of communes started in the 60s and 70s, perhaps the only one. Turnover is about 12% a year. Perhaps the secret to their success is the ability to attract a constant stream of replacements, as members who tire of communism leave.
Even so, it shows that if you want to live in a communist society, you're free to form one here in America.
Me, I'll pass.