If you dismiss the masses, who are in large part made up of liberals and conservatives, as hopeless and irredeemable and devoid of revolutionary potential, then you might as well give up on the idea of socialism. If the only “good” people are the small minority who already agree with you, then your political project is doomed. The whole point of communism is to recognize that the masses of the people, even though they may lack class consciousness now and cling onto the reactionary ideas imposed on them by the current ruling class, are fundamentally the drivers of history and the future builders of socialism. As communists we cannot be elitist and place ourselves above the people.