You know, in the 1920s or whatever.
2007-11-12 03:32:30 · 17 answers · asked by ivy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
What kind of a question is that to ask here?
2007-11-12 03:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the 1960's I was part of a radical anti-government movement that openly EMBRACED the communist & socialist structure as a viable way of get basic living needs, like food, shelter, VW's, & news to ALL of the people. I was young & unaware of the many people who had ulterior motives within this group of borderline terrorists!
I had teachers who were in the secret party & they taught us to appreciate the original concepts of Communism, yet also let us know that just because someone has a good idea & wants to implement their ideas for the betterment of the people, that the people may not be ready or willing to give something up in order to receive more. When people start losing their freedoms & rights, they often rebel & cease to participate in the running of their government because they feel more like prisoners!
Personally, I love the basic concept of communism, yet I know that it will never work in America & it seems to be failing in other countries. Simple things like the internet have made information available to people & they want to live in a free society too. They have no idea that freedom also comes with a high price attached to it. If the citizens living in a free society aren't willing to give their life or pay their taxes, then the government shouldn't be expected to hold up all ends. It takes participation in one form or another to run a country. If free citizens do nothing...then they end up with nothing & have no one to blame but themselves.
Before someone goes off the deep end & starts saying that I am anti-American because of the above statements, I tell you in print, that I back my government 100% & harbor no hatred for a system that has problems, yets seems to work for most of the people most of the time. Going against my government only hurts me. I try to learn so that I can accept the things that I cannot change! My grandparents came to America to live in freedom. I stay in America because I enjoy my freedom. I hope I won't ever have to leave my homeland to be free, as my ancestors once did!
2007-11-12 12:59:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parents were young kids then....and I doubt very much that my Irish grandparents were "secret commies" as they were all having a hard enough time making a living and raising their families back in the 20's.
2007-11-12 13:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by night-owl gracie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't born until 1950. McCarthyism was in the late 1940's and the 1950's. I think you've got the wrong decade in your question. My only subversive activity was protesting the Vietnam War. (Peace brother!) Some folks did call us commies but no one I knew was a member of the Communist party.
2007-11-12 13:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by Miz D 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
WEll, I wasn't alive in the 20's or 30's, I have never been a secret anything..so I guess the answer would have to be no. But, will have to admit, a lot of people were hoodwinked during the 30's...and with life in the 30's, anything would have looked better. It was rough then, from everything my parents told me.
2007-11-12 11:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. The closest I got was helping out with the Socialist Party of America in my teenage years by stuffing envelopes for mailing. My father was a life-long Marxist. Norman Thomas, that party's perennial Presidential candidate was a dinner guest at our home now and then. When I got older I came to realize the wisdom of something that an attorney in Santa Monica once said: One becomes a conservative when one has something to conserve.
2007-11-12 12:36:01 · answer #6 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry. I wasn't here in the 1920s. I was a hippie at heart though, but I liked to bathe too much to really be one.
2007-11-12 22:44:20 · answer #7 · answered by penny d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me, but my Dad went to college at 16 and got involved with the Communist party in the 30's. It was during the depression and apparently a lot of young people were looking at alternative forms of government.
Thing is, he went on to work for the State Dept. but could never get a top security clearance because of what he did at age 16!
2007-11-12 12:10:32 · answer #8 · answered by 2jaxx 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it had been a secret back then, why would they tell it now? Besides, if it was in the 20s, that would make them around 90 years old now. The oldest person I have heard of on here was 88.
2007-11-12 12:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by Harley Lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was never a communist! I was not even thought of in the 1920's! I think this is a pretty silly question - - - even if someone was a "commie" as you so eloquently put it - - - who in their right mind would fess up to being so??????????? DUMB!
2007-11-15 20:55:20 · answer #10 · answered by CJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was no where near being born then...heck my mot her was only 1 yr old in 1920!
2007-11-13 13:45:41 · answer #11 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋