While it was a paradox of sorts that Hunter had socialists leanings and was involved in catering to the "elitists", it should be noted that the man had did an about face towards the end of his life. The following is from Shackelford's excellent book, Alister Mackenzie's Cypress Point Club:
"Some ten years later Hunter wrote the book, Revolution: Why, How, When (1940), a text influenced by FDR's New Deal in the 1930's. In a complete reversal of his earlier socialists sentiments, Hunter became an activist in right wing causes. His book argued that poverty and despair didn't cause revolution, but instead, revolution arose out of economic and political instability along with coalitions between the military and the middle class."