>In a word, "free market" espouses the very same ideals that
>"communism/socialism" did 60-80 years ago. It is a sad commentary on
>the state of the left and labor politics today - not only did they loose
>political power, but the battle for the "hearts and minds" as well.
Look on the bright side, if the left lost the battle for hearts and minds by espousing the same ideals as the right is espousing now, then it is predictable that the right will also.
My impression is that the right won the battle by countering with democratic rhetoric. There might be a lesson in that for the new generation of commos.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas