Which could be, I suppose, a valid point in other circumstances…
… But I must reiterate that I am a Soviet by birth, upbringing, and loyalty. I am not a bearded intellectual of the decadent West - Communism is my heritage and my birthright.
Unlike the vast majority of you, I know how this system works, and I like it. I like the fact that my father, the son of peasants, was able to receive a completely free basic, college, and medical education. I like the fact that my mother, born to a tour guide and an engineer, had the opportunity to become a preeminent microbiologist renowned throughout my nation. I like the fact that I myself, having come into this world with numerous life-threatening abnormalities, received the thousands of hours of free expert health care that it took to turn me into a fully functional and non-disabled human being.
Believe you me, I know what a functional socialist nation looks like. I am the product of such a nation, and I will carry my pride of this fact to my very grave.