Not just a socialist, but a member of the Fabian society. Their seal was literally a wolf in sheep's clothing. Their job was to spread socialist ideas by means of disinformation and weaponized hegelian dialectic. You know, when your idea's so good you have to pretend to be the other side and sabotage yourself to spread it, you KNOW it''s a good one. EDIT: And from what I understand, he snubbed them like you said.