Over a century ago, in his great work Les Misérables Victor Hugo asked, “Will the future arrive?” He was thinking of a future of social justice, free from the “terrible shadows” of oppression imposed by the few upon the great mass of humankind. Of late, some scribes have announced “the end of history.” With the overthrow of communism, the monumental struggle between alternative systems has ended, they say. Capitalism’s victory is total.
