--- Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 11:00, Jerry Friedman wrote: ... > > I almost agree with you and Mark. My impression was, "Marx and > > Engels have proved that feudalism leads through a dialectic > > process to capitalism, eventually industrial capitalism, which in > > turn leads to a socialist revolution and the dictatorship of the > > proletariat. Dragaera is still too feudal and not capitalistic or > > industrial enough to be ready for socialism." Here I'm attempting > > a Marxist point of view, which I assume is Steven's but isn't mine. > > > > For what it's worth, you've captured about 90% of what I was shooting > for. (The other 10% involves things like magic and the effects of > genetic manipulation; but you have the guts of it.) Thank you! I hope feeling good about being right doesn't lead me to give my opinion on half the recent posts... oh, too late. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail