It blows my mind that intelligent people could still be part of the CPUSA in the 50s. It's not like they could play the "well the USSR isn't _real_ communism!" card - for decades the CP had been a blatant Stalin worship cult, controlled and used by the Soviets. We are talking 25 years after the Holodomor was publicized in the West! How could they possibly rationalize this in their minds...
This guy wrote Fahrenheit 451 ffs, how could he square the ideas in that book with his support for that regime...
This guy wrote Fahrenheit 451 ffs, how could he square the ideas in that book with his support for that regime...