And Henry Miller once said that "A family should lose itself once every three generations." But Henry's motivation probably had more to do with socialism and dislike of inherited wealth.
"My daughter has a genetic condition that was being researched by the University of Gothenburg. We had family histories that assisted with their research. Sometimes its good to know where you come from, provided you don't live more in their world than your own.
Le plus ca change, Le plus ca remain the same. (Just "un peu" French. Been a while, more likely to use Spanish in Kansas."
Henry Miller was in fact a good person in the true, regretfully, somewhat naive sense of the word.
The same in fact goes for one-half of a person like Stalin.
Stalin was a mentally sick man, but rose to the occasion like a hero when the evil of Nazi Germany threatened to conquer the whole of Russia.
If Hitler would have won WWII, there'd be no America today.
What am I trying to say?
This:
Don't confuse Socialism/Communism with its spokesmen. Some of them aren't aware they're actually intellectuals/patriots/heroes and not red morons.
By the way, Glad to find out University of Gothenburg is helping people.
In fact, I once studied there (Theory of Science, Economical History as well as Corporate Management). Great place!