Historian Timothy Snyder stayed loyal to Marxism until his death at 1930s . Timothy Snyder says Hobsbawm 's beliefs formed as a Jew living in 1930s . Snyder : Jew defended Soviet state that no longer exists , and other dead ideas . Once industry was built and working classes become massive , the people would claim the fruits of their own labor , and the factories and the cities would be shared by all . Wrong as was , Timothy Snyder writes , it did embody certain virtues that are valid 95 .
Historian Timothy Snyder stayed loyal to Marxism until his death at 1930s . Timothy Snyder says Hobsbawm 's beliefs formed as a Jew living in 1930s . Snyder : Jew defended Soviet state that no longer exists , and other dead ideas . Wrong as was , Timothy Snyder writes , it did embody certain virtues that are valid 95 .