See, Red Dave is kinda... old. This means that he thinks he's already right about everything, and is going to show us young whippersnappers a thing or two about socialism. It's kinda sad really - not worth the effort. Sometimes as we get older, we become more receptive to new ideas as our existing concepts become less rigid (as we get closer to death). However, more often than not, we just cling to our existing concepts in the face of the unknown (death), because it gives us comfort. This is also the reason why older people tend to be more conservative.