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by jdminhbg
1885 days ago
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No, this is wrong. The context for “we” is “most of the so-called Communists I met.” He is describing the people in the movement as temporarily embarrassed capitalists. It is the opposite of the apocryphal quote, which has Steinbeck positing that the reason the movement is unsuccessful as it being opposed by the temporarily embarrassed millionaires who should have embraced it. |
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My interpretation is not.
> most of the so-called Communists I met
> Steinbeck positing that the reason the movement is unsuccessful as it being opposed by the temporarily embarrassed millionaires
> This can only make sense when attributed to capitalists (believers in it) regardless of what systems they are currently participating in <--- ie Communist support or however you want to constrain it
The same phrasing you repeated, reiterates my point. Good luck with whatever.