>This is particularly ironic when you remember Marx's rhapsodies
>about capitalism as feudal world smasher in the Manifesto and
>elsewhere. Yes, it's true, most lefties aren't Marxists but the old
>fellow's words and ideas hang in the air like the seductive scent of
>newly baked bread, influencing (if only in a distant and inaccurate
>form) even if not directly tasted.
>
>The urge to fly from modern systems, instead of moving through them
>to even greater, fairer things is, I think, an indication of deep
>weariness and confusion.
Yup. And that's one of the sadder symptoms of the erosion of Marxism: nostalgia and despair.
Doug