# I am a Communist. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-communist/550964 "2010-08-21T09:21:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 70
**Author:** ![Commissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@Commissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commissar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-communist/550964/70 "2010-08-22T06:43:48Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > The OP reminds me of the bearded intellectuals of 1968, who discussed how great Mao was, thousands of miles away from China and in front of huge dishes in Parisian brasseries, while the Chinese people were dying of hunger by millions. 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-communist/550964)._