A self-described communist I met had a younger brother whose middle name was, "Countway, as in Countway Library at Harvard Medical School", he smugly said.
At that moment, I realized why so many well-fed Americans who never worked in Romanian salt mines as children self-describe as "communist", or "socialist".
It helps them to feel edgy, exotic, creative, intelligent, brilliant, fascinating, special -- everything they are not.
Edit: Being *both* a communist *and* a member of the Countway family "distinguished" the above undergrad from his peers and satisfied his conversational goals, which explains why he failed to notice his hypocrisy.
That was actually kind of brilliant, asking that question of a college commie.
What a splendid showcasing of their religious thought. Kudos!
A self-described communist I met had a younger brother whose middle name was, "Countway, as in Countway Library at Harvard Medical School", he smugly said.
At that moment, I realized why so many well-fed Americans who never worked in Romanian salt mines as children self-describe as "communist", or "socialist".
It helps them to feel edgy, exotic, creative, intelligent, brilliant, fascinating, special -- everything they are not.
Edit: Being *both* a communist *and* a member of the Countway family "distinguished" the above undergrad from his peers and satisfied his conversational goals, which explains why he failed to notice his hypocrisy.
You might enjoy this. Lindsay's Woke for Dummies. He breaks it all down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MSCMR1sFbo&ab_channel=NewDiscourses