Thats not what communism is and even if it was, you literally just tried to say caring about other people is bad regardless of what its called. This is part of the problem.
Republicans don't care about anyone except themselves, and they think EVERYONE is actually that self centered. They literally think progressives are just faking it to gain power.
Yikes man, as a gov't worker who gets paid less than my counter-parts in my industry: there are people who work for less in a capitalistic system for the betterment of others and are proud of it. You have no idea what you're talking about.
E: not every person has blinders about "what's in it for me." And it's not "communistic" to do so.