>> This idea of a bourgeois Europe is compelling, Greg, but the eastern half
>> of the continent is to be absorbed in a distinctly subordinate mode, no?
>> Doug
>
>hardly as compelling as democratic socialist federation of the Balkans,
>linked to a socialist united states of Europe and a democratic socialist
>Russia...if one is going to wax utopian...
I meant "compelling" in the purely narrative sense (as in coherent and convincing), not something desirable. If I'm going to wax utopian, I'll wax with you anyday, Michael.
Doug