"Pure" marxism - what the hell is this?

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Michel Ryckx wrote:

> > Two remarks concerning 'Puritanism' and 'Reiner Marxismus'.
> > 1.In my opinion, mr. Pynchon uses the idea of puritanism  as a mere
> > description
> > of the United States ideology without including the theological meaning
> > of the
> > word.  One of the US keywords is 'success', meaning solely economic
> > success.
> > Every American is a member of the succesful (the elect) or the failures
> > (the
> > preterite).


Most Americans I know don't categorize themselves so precisely. Suggest a
brief visit.

			P.