“They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by a forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.” …”
Thanks for that Marx quote. That is exactly what the neocons have been doing around the world.
So-called “neocons” = left-wingers that pander to conservatives. All the same. The only “reality” that they were “mugged” by was the realization that in order to fool conservatives into supporting them, they must engage in said pandering.