You got that right. They think they’ll be one of the 1% with a corner office, driving a jag, and eating steak dinners because they were for the regime all along and got in on the ground floor. They don’t realize that they’ll be the first to get knocked off. In a communist/socialist regime, you’re just another mouth to feed. Why reward your loyalty or pay you when they can have you whacked? That’s how they look at it.
The should watch the movie “Chekist” to see what the future holds for them.
How many seasons did putrid Fidel Castro work the fields picking crops while he was Presidente for life?