Suppose the author wasn't Probably One Of Those People, and didn't apparently have some kind of axe to grind about whatever bee in their bonnet buzzes about, co

Suppose the author wasn't Probably One Of Those People, and didn't apparently have some kind of axe to grind about whatever bee in their bonnet buzzes about, constantly tickling their lips? Then they'd phrase it more like your second paragraph! More meat, less spice. Decent meat doesn't need much spice. But: they didn't. (I also second the other person's comment about anti communism probably not being the example this particular writer would have chosen, were they writing in the 50s.)