Brilliant writer - found the answer to a question I’ve been reading for twenty-five years trying to understand - why are so many people who are otherwise so bright so easily beguiled by such an obvious scam as Communism? - in a footnote in one of his essays - transcendence - people’s need to escape what they see as the limitations of life through something bigger than themselves, like a Great Cause.....
Excellent. I've wondered the same thing. Great observation.