My first experience with this absolutely ludicrous mindset was in college, where I met a girl who was incredibly arrogant and at the same time ignorant, but clearly thought of herself as an intellectual. She was, as you can guess, pro-Communism / pro-socialism, and used the same stupid and tired arguments about how Marx's ‘vision’ had never been implemented properly. It's always been amazing to me how people who clearly look down their noses at those who don't agree with them, or who don't have the same academic pedigree, have the audacity to talk about being proponents of equality.
You knew Hillary back then?