On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > >Mariska represents the benevolent philanthropic bourgeois - >she is sympathetic towards the proletariat (Vilmos) and the >lumpenproletariat (norska), and is also determined at first >to institute repairs (reforms) to the old system. > To be somewhat more accurate with respect to terminology: Mariska represents Conservative, or Bourgeoise, Socialism. This includes "economists, philanthropists, humanitarians, improvers of the condition of the working class, organisers of charity, members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, [etc]" [*] [*] Quoting directly from the _Communist Manifesto_.