Michael wrote:
>I think that we need to have a vision of what socialism can
>offer -- not just lower unemployment or lower taxes or some
>other modification of what we have today. If utopianism is
>the creation of such a vision then it can be very important
>in building socialism. It is not the sum total of what
>we need.
I agree with this.
"Hope" counts in politics. Tis very human.
And, right now, a vision of "hopeful socialism" (utopianism) is
positive.
All politics are based on improving the lot of the individual. Without
"a vision," even them "realistic commies" remain but a braukellar
Marxist cadre trying to enlist disgruntled technocrats for a future
world of technocrats removed from utopia.
A vision/hope is important to a "mass movement" ("mass movement" being
translated as "Lots of people").
Ken.
--
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
>From the sphere of our sorrow.
-- Shelley
