“…The day that socialism takes center stage, however, will also be the day that poverty will be eradicated, consumer goods will be plentiful, racism and sexism will cease to exist, environmental degradation will evaporate, and authoritarian work structures dismantled, it was often argued. (Cullenberg 1992, 64Á/5) I find much of value in Cullenberg's argument if it is read as suggesting that socialism's woes stem, at least in part, from a failure to make its Utopianism explicit. In other words, socialism has been implicitly Utopian while presenting itself (to others and to itself) as realist.…”