The Cold Millions

by Jess Walter

fell in love with my country—its rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, cities and people. . . . It could be a paradise on earth if it belonged to the people, not to a small owning class. —Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

This nonsense statement is from a former president of the USA Communist party.

“Too far, Mrs. Jones! You go too far! You go too far confusing the cause of labor with that of socialism

Other union leaders understandably knew Flynn/Jones was a devout communist.

This was the crazy thing about wealth: You only had it if you didn’t use it, but if you didn’t use it, there was no value in having it.

This statement displays ignorance of the value of wealth-building... A view of a naive Marxist who believes economics is a zero-sum game.