----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>
>
> Of course, Marx provided the role model for generations of leftists
to come
> -- people who did not share his brilliance but figured that could at
least
> outdo the Old Man in being obnoxious in the name of integrity. The
history
> of the left shows this has not been an effective strategy.
>
> Carl
>
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"Those who most faithfully strive to bring about a new social order may thus not be the best images of that order themselves. What if the process of bringing it into being is in contradiction with the very values it represents?" [Terry Eagleton]
Ian