The words induced me to turn towards myself. I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow-creatures were, high and unsullied descent united with riches. A man might be respected with only one of these advantages; but, without either, he was considered, except in very rare instances, as a vagabond and a slave, doomed to waste his powers for the profits of the chosen few!
-Frankenstein (1831)
That's one thing that pisses me off when you look into any kind of Soviet art. There's always a forward or some Wikipedia article or Reddit dillweed trying to say that the author secretly hated communism and if you read between the lines you'll see it! I read one of Mao's books and it had a forward by Zizek. I can't understand what point that man is trying to make in the best of times but good lord it was just a bunch of whiny libshit about Chinabad. I really liked Roadside Picnic and all of the Stalker related media though, I can recite the ending monologue from memory.
Yeah, Wikipedia is the most anti-communist tool out there.