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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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