Tbf those rich people were simultaneously waging literal war (like with guns and everything) against their workers.

Sasha is short for Alexander (in Russian)

He was also loosely the inspiration for the titular character in Inside Llewelyn Davis iirc

Whenever someone pulls out the “dEmOcRaTs WeRe ThE cOnFeDeRaTeS” argument, you know they’re either dumb as fuck or arguing entirely in bad faith. Like bro the parties switched in the 1960s it’s just names at this point.