On 2011-12-23, at 2:51 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
> Marv: "Let me qualify that: there are some on the left who don't mind
> being relegated to the margins of!
> political life, and consider it the measure of their political integrity.
>
> [WS:] I do not think the left has exclusive rights to it. This is
> common to all forms of idealism - words are more important than deeds.
True. But unlike other religious or political idealists, these leftists purport to be materialists - "dialectical" as distinct from "vulgar", of course.