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    Even today, when the Marxist states have supposedly crumbled,

    Western academics and Russian protestors bearing posters of Stalin are

    convinced that the old ideology's woes are merely a temporary rest-

    stop on the long march to triumph.  The reason: Marxism has been a

    marvelous social glue.

    If you can convince enough people of your worldview, no matter

    how wrong you are, you're right!  The real significance of a meme is its

    power to pull together a superorganism.24

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