He had his pick. “Scientific” politics were in stock between the wars. Intrigued by Mussolini, Steffens was captivated by Lenin, whom he interviewed briefly during the revolution. He became one of the first of that sad little band of Western intellectuals who fell head over heels for the Soviet Union.
Their very busy and businesslike. 2.) Steffens opinion regarding politics in america was that businessmen were to focused on working with corrupt people