Thomas, would you be from someplace other than the UK? There, as I understand it, socialism and political correctness often go hand in hand, and I b'lieve that Ewan was always a socialist; in the 40's and 50's while the USofA was finding communists under the beds, the UK was in bed with them, admiring their progress in modernizing Russia. It wasn't till later that the truth about the pograms came out; correct me if I'm wrong, but I've had the sense that socialism is much more mainstream in UK than USA.
What about it, Brits? And is communism still a party choice there?
And, of course, it's always been a USA conceit that we confine our mass murderers to the private sector...unless you count wars and other acts of aggression...
Blessings,
Barbara