Marxism, a comment

I am tired of listening to folks say that Marxsim or Capitalism has failed.

What has failed are the religious ideas growing from and in reaction to Marxism. Stalin and Mao's .. the self identification with Marx branded their totalitarian systems as "Communist" while the denial of Marxist identity by those who worship untrammeled free markets has equated class privilege with capitalism.


No electable politician today supports classism or totalitarianism. NHo economist does not believe in the competition of classes. What we do nto have is a sense of how to balance an understanding of the free market with them imperatives of democracy.