[PowderMonkey]

Reminds me of my grand uncle. A spaniard, and another one of those "unrepentant" communists. Kicked out of Spain by Franco, and fled for Cuba during the civil war. Subsequently kicked out of Cuba by Castro, and fled to in Mexico City. The man would lecture me for hours on the virtues of communism, from the comfort of his plush leather chair, while surrounded by tapestry and fine art within his richly appointed library. Pausing occasionally, he would bark commands to his servants to "Bring us coffee! Bring cigars and brandy!...Be quick about it.!" Tell the chauffeur to bring the car around for my nephew!"

"You extol the virtues of communism because you have never been force to live under it." - Alexandr Solzshenitsyn.

[buwaya]

Very much like my Spanish great grandfather.
He was born a peasant, was drafted into the Spanish army, was sent to the Philippines and by all accounts was a fine soldier. Upon the Spanish surrender he stayed and through hard work and enterprise became extremely wealthy. He was however a lifelong socialist and anti-American in spite of his success in the system they brought to the islands. A lot of these political attitudes in Europe are religion substitutes and tribal markers.

[tophat9000]

That the thing ..Communism is great if you live on the top and horrible to live under