I’m pleased to see you brought that up. Likewise, Lenin said that the number of deaths in the successful establishment of communism would be limitless, with which the Bolsheviks cheerfully agreed. The Mensheviks, led by Martov who is still described by communists in the US as a ‘moderate’ suggested that 10 million might be enough.
Ayres is then nothing more or less than a ‘moderate’ communist.
SPJNK.