Nope, I haven't given up the worker's cause! Why would I? Though, and I think you'll agree with me here, a neo-Marxist strategy is required here. The old long-term planning system no longer suits the worlds needs. Marx proposed changes for the 19th century industrialized western European world and they can't be implemented as they are in today's dynamic world. I'm not demeaning Marx's work - I think it was one of the best solutions of the time but it can't be implemented in our non-industrialized, rural world.

Of course, that in no way infers that the modern Capitalist system works. It doesn't.