>So far, never and nowhere has
there been a truly social state. Everywhere and always the upper
crust has leaned much more strongly to the principle, 'what is yours, is mine,' than to, 'what is mine, is yours.'
These wise ones have only themselves to blame for the fact the lower stratum, full of rage, now is committing the same error. The (((flea))) is able to take advantage of both these groups. One of them provides for his affairs, the other carries them out. Therefore, we oppose them both. We will put an end to unfair privileges as well as to slavery."

>"Decidedly," I replied. "Our front stands against both left and right. A strange situation; from two directions we must ward off attackers who also fight one another. The Reds scream at us as
reactionaries, and to the reactionaries we are Bugsheviks.

>From both sides the (((flea))) directs the attack on us. The lower stratum doesn't see him yet and, thus, hates us from sheer stupidity; the upper stratum sees him but thinks it can serve its own selfish purposes with him and, thus, shoots us in the back more from unscrupulousness than stupidity"

What did the writers mean by this?