This essay was eye opening for me and reminded me how important it is to do things because I want to improve my life or the lives of others, not because I hate someone.  A bit of a long read but well worth it.

Source: How far Left was I? So far left my beloved uncle was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party in a Communist country. When I returned to his Slovak village to buy him a mass card, the priest refused to sell me one. So far left that a self-identi…