It's a pleasure to see Bertrand Russell's name appended to this list. Although he had a pronounced anti-American streak in his personality, he was never gulled into believing that there was anything of worth in Bolshevism, in contrast to many of his contemporary intellectuals. Russell had a one-hour conversation with Lenin where he got the impression that Lenin despises most people, particularly the peasants who were forced to trade their crops for worthless pieces of paper.