[MinuteGal]

Chaplin never came out of the closet as a member of the Communist Party because he never registered as such for economic reasons....i.e., the health of his own wallet.

He was a Soviet-type marxist through and through.

You won't find many, if any, registered Communist Party members today in the entertainment/Hollywood/Broadway/media/arts professions, either......although we know there's plenty of them around in spirit. Greed and the love of money usually trumps ideology in the creative fields...so mum's the word.

Leni

[Borges]

“He was a Soviet-type marxist through and through.”

Please provide proof of this. Writings of his? Statements?

[Bob Ireland]

***He was a Soviet-type marxist through and through***

I explained to my son that in the first half of the 20th century - in the wake of Darwin and evolution - Marxism seemed to be the natural movement of history; Marxist egalitarianism and failing capitalism appeared as natural as the rise of man and the extinction of the dodo bird.

This explains the Spanish Civil War and how so many popular artists and writers joined the side they believed in. It explains the Cambridge spy ring [Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt] recruited from the British upper class. It helps to explain how FDR watched the State Dept. fill up with Communists. In the light of the Great Depression Marxism appeared to be the obvious outcome.

The bloom began to fade off the rose when Stalin made the Non-aggression Pact with Hitler; Hitler was considered amongst Marxist disciples to be the demonic enemy. Up to that time the honest media had sort of ignored Stalin's excesses - the cause was more important not like today.

Of course Stalin was an ally of the good side in WWII... we all pulled together to defeat fascism.

The Nuclear Age put an abrupt end to Marxist fantasies; while many devotees remained faithful, the rank and file fell away when Stalin attained the bomb. The threat of death seemed more real than Darwinist ideals.
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As to Hollywierd: Michael Moore is the poster boy for all this elitist stupidity. He has become a millionaire off of American popular culture, but he believes all would be better under an idealist totalitarianism -- i.e. an idiot! Would Moore go to Cuba and give up his wealth, or try to earn it under Castro-ism? HA HA HA!

But for the unwashed masses: good alternative! Yikes!