[beckett]

Looong article, but a very worthwhile and interesting read, IMHO.

[Rain-maker]

Thanks...el bumpo.

Interesting analogies on how Marxism failed, and how the 9-11 attack did the opposite of its intended effect upon us.

This Article is from Standford's Herbert Hoover(Republican) Institute by the way.

[Hobsonphile]

Intellectual development ping!

[tictoc]

Bump!

[general_re]

Good article. Very good article. Sadly, if demonstrating the internal inconsistencies of the left were enough to stop them, they would have died a quiet death a long time ago.

And the second thing that comes to mind is remembering my reaction when I first started reading about Wallerstein's world-systems theory years ago - I laughed out loud. And then, a little bit later on, when I realized how many people were taking that junk seriously, I was suddenly very, very afraid for the future... ;)

[MattAMiller]

Fantasy ideology has dominated the left for a long time now. I think Post-Modernism can be seen as it's first triumph. Intellectuals claimed it would "allow them to rethink the world more radically." What it really did was allow them to indulge their fantasies.