"This is true, but at least most of the previous regimes didn't try to sugar coat it and call it rule of the people. Communism is just another rendition of the same thing with the numbers filed off. The only things that changed were for the people in power."
He took the menu and started flipping through it absently. "I have a flat in a decent part of the city. Nothing showy, but it's comfortable." He could afford showy just fine, but that attracted far more attention than he was comfortable with.