>Probably not intentionally calculated to do so. Michael Yates
>suggested that it was a
>reflexive action.
As I said, it is not a reflex action. It is a mere commonplace: If
you refuse to *think* about the future--claim that thinking about the
future is positively harmful--don't be surprised at whatever future
you get. Wrap yourself up in the mantle of Marx and refuse to think
about the future, and you wind up with Lenin's understanding of the
German planned World War I economy. That's one of the things that
happened to world socialism between 1917 and its nadir in August 1939.
