[alexander_busek]

I'm be4ginning to think that the propect of unlimited booty-calls is the invisible cement that holds communists united in their goal of power.

Yes, but the prospect of winding up with an ice-pick shoved into your brain (Trotsky) might tend to dampen one's ardor for "the Movement," no?

Regards,

[KarlInOhio]

Yes, but the prospect of winding up with an ice-pick shoved into your brain (Trotsky) might tend to dampen one's ardor for "the Movement," no?

But how many expect to be the ice-pickee rather than their dreams of being the ice-picker.