# The 1945 Election and Declaring Socialism in Beverly Hills

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2115939718349115538
- Source account: [@ProudSocialist](https://x.com/ProudSocialist)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:42
- Published: 2026-10-30
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UxFInI8aTjrW/en/the-1945-election-and-declaring-socialism-in-beverly-hills

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UxFInI8aTjrW/en/the-1945-election-and-declaring-socialism-in-beverly-hills) My first act of civil disobedience when I was five years old- ... uh, at the, the f- the post-World War ... uh, at the, the f- the post-World War II general election in 1945- Oh ... when, of course, to everyone's amazement,

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UxFInI8aTjrW/en/the-1945-election-and-declaring-socialism-in-beverly-hills?t=13) Winston Churchill was thrown out and Clement Attlee got in, and I have been a left-wing man ever since. Um, which sometimes- Um, it can create little problems sometimes in the United States. Uh, but I would get a lot of fun out of it.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UxFInI8aTjrW/en/the-1945-election-and-declaring-socialism-in-beverly-hills?t=32) There's nothing like sitting around a Beverly Hills dining table with a lot of fancy guests and telling them that you're a socialist.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UxFInI8aTjrW/en/the-1945-election-and-declaring-socialism-in-beverly-hills?t=40) Ah!