Karl Marx, since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1988, a defining moment whose significance is now in the realm of history, is now decidedly out of fashion. Season in season out, as the ancient Greeks observed generations go and go like the leaves of the trees, once green with promise they in their turn fall to ground. Fashions change, and each time with the expectation that something new and different is afoot. If only scientific discovery and innovation were fashion.
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Of course, I know it is against the rules, but in this case I do not have an understanding of the relevant history so I will give an extended quote from David Kaiser at History Unfolding. This takes us back to the First World War and the sacrifice of our forebears: Read more »
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