> CB; Anyway, the old idea on "opium" is that,We, the masses, _need_ it to
> deal with all the anxieties and alienation of our society. Since capitalism
> doesn't seem to be about to go away in our lifetimes, why shouldn't we be
> happy here and now, through entertainment and by other means. Otherwise, we
> are "living" for the "afterlife" of socialism here on earth after _we_ are
> dead. Socialists should eat, drink and be merry , for tomorrow we die.
This is kind of related, but yesterday I was dealing with a spam attack on one of my websites and I discovered that the word "cialis" is embedded in the word "socialism." Is it possible that socialism has gotten a bad rap because socialists haven't sold the erectile dysfunction curative properties of socialism?
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