My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need to know about my attitude to money - I've never really been bothered about it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a socialist. I'm amazed at how the spirit of socialism is alive and well in New York. I had always thought I wouldn't want to be here without a lot of money, but I was wrong about that.
My father was an ardent socialist for many years.
When I was in college, I was always saying I was a socialist.
I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I haven't gotten a dime since then. I have no trust fund. I wish I did.
I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.
I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.
I guess I'm a socialist at heart.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society.
Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere.
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