>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.
This is related to the point I was making about Reagan recently - that he projected optimism and possiblity. But everyone said this wasn't true, he was really a prick. He led the right's appropriation of traditionally left discourse about revolution, and rendered labor and the left looking like tired defenders of the status quo. People still don't seem to appreciate how successful this was.
Doug