Are they bright with hopes of videos and dish washing machines?

Obvious irony, as you now realize.

DaveRo, you correctly pointed out that Rosselson was not renouncing communism altogether (how come I typed "Rousselon" - a Freudian slip for "Rousseau"?).

As for "a hateful viewpoint": many islamist fighters claim to be true lovers of humanity, and so did some of the worst communist oppressors. Read about Mielke with his famous exclamation "I love all - all Humanity! I really do!". (In my understanding, his words actually mean "But I love all mankind! Dearly so! I strive for that, to be sure!", where "dearly" refers to his previous address "Dear comrades" that was being rejected.) And what is worse: he may have even believed it himself!