Since post-World War II no peace talks between the democratic Philippine government and the Communists have ever succeeded. The reason is simple.
The ideological divergence and contradictions between Marxism and Capitalism are so stark and wide that a fair political compromise between the two belief systems is impossible --- not even the adoption of the ideas of "Social Democracy" or "Democratic Socialism " or "Christian Socialism", all of which basically mean "Big Government", "Welfare State", "Leftist Liberalism", and the like.
The ideological divergence and contradictions between Marxism and Capitalism are so stark and wide that a fair political compromise between the two belief systems is impossible --- not even the adoption of the ideas of "Social Democracy" or "Democratic Socialism " or "Christian Socialism", all of which basically mean "Big Government", "Welfare State", "Leftist Liberalism", and the like.
