I Was In A Bad Mood When

A Lot Of Populists After Populism Died Just Became Socialists. At The Beginning Of The 20th Century, Socialism Looked Like It Was Going To Take Off. It Didn't, Of Course, But A Lot Of People Thought It Was Going To.

I Was In A Bad Mood When I Wrote That.

These Days, Of Course, The Focus Of Talk About Popular Liberation Through Products Is Mostly Associated With The Internet. I've Been Collecting Computer Ads And Ads Dealing With Internet Industries.

One Of The Things I Keep Coming Back To In My Writing Is That Society Doesn't Work On This Mirror Principle - You Don't Have An Exact Replica On The Left Of What You Have On The Right. It Just Doesn't Work That Way.

They, The Conservatives, Are The Real Outsides, They Tell Us, Gazing With Disgust Upon The Ludicrous Manners Of The High And Mighty. Or, They Tell Us, They Are Rough-and-ready Proles, Laughing Along With Us At The Efforts Of Our Social "betters" To Reform And Improve Us. That They Are Often, In Fact, People Of Privilege Doing Their Utmost To Boost The Fortunes Of A Political Party That Is The Traditional Tool Of The Privileged Is A Contradiction That Does Not Trouble Them.