[BackInBlack]

"Men need myths -- and until capitalism can come up with a transformative myth of its own, it may well be that many men will prefer to find their myths in the same place they found them in the first part of the twentieth century -- the myth of revolutionary socialism."

Capitalism HAS a narrative of its own, which is a major reason socialism has been discredited. And that's the narrative of rising standards of living based on a competitive marketplace. Not too complicated.

[RKV]

"Capitalism HAS a narrative of its own." Yep. It's called "Western Civilization." This has gotten a bad rap in certain circles (e.g. academia). I for one, went to school when it was still in "fashion." We need to send a few more of the pinheaded little psuedo-intellectuals to some places in the third world for a try out of non-western civilization. They would like what we have a bit better afterward. Michael Crichton has a great scene in his book State of Fear where the cannibals start to eat the fuzzy headed liberal by slicing off his cheeks. So much for the noble savage.