However, in a transitional period, or our current period, there are many “men” who may agree with our politics but feel they have no place in it.

It sucks that many materialist minded people suddenly become idealistic when it comes to this kind of thing. You're right, messaging matters and it would be interesting to see how actually existing socialist states handled these issues, instead of just saying "well in my view the left is already good, perfect, etc. on this issue."