âThe liberal euphemism for the tension between  actuality and  potentiality  is  "rising  expectations." What  this  sociological  phrase  fails  to  reveal  is  that  these  "expectations"will  continue  to  "rise"  until  Utopia  itself  is  achieved. And for  good  reason.  What  goads  the  "expectations"  into  "rising"âindeed,  into  escalating  with  each  "right"  that  is gainedâis  the  utter  irrationality  of  the  capitalist  system itself.  When  cybernated  and  automatic  machinery  can reduce  toil  to  the  near  vanishing  point,  nothing  is  more meaningless  to  young  people  than  a  lifetime  of toil. When modern  industry  can  provide  abundance  for all, nothing is more  vicious  to  poor  people  than  a  lifetime  of  poverty.When  all  the  resources  exist  to  promote  social  equality,nothing  is  more  criminal  to  ethnic  minorities,  women and homosexuals  than  subjugation.  These  contrasts  could  be extended  indefinitely,  covering  all  the  issues  that  have produced the  social  agony  of our era.â











