The study recionstructs the theoretical and political-historical notion of socialism, thus flowing into the debate going on the pages of this journal. The author points out that the notion of socialism is multilayered and has a changing meaning and this can not be separated from the natural needs of people (free education, health care etc.) However, in order to become universal, it must expand into an economic development, which must include surmounting the trusteeship of both the state and capital.

Fiofteen years have passed. From the point of view of the majority of society we could say fifteen years of destruction have passed. We destroyed what we have built, in this way of that in 40 years. This was teh fate of almost the whole of the Hungarian industry and agriculture. Social policy has been totally subordinated to economic policy. However, maybe the greatest "ramp" was that the applied economic (neoliberal) policy has no alternative.

The nsupremacy of the US is not eternal phenomenon and neglecting this truism ads up to the economic problems of the US. The growth of the military expenditures and forcing tax cuts at the same time can help the growth of Far Eastern (primary Chinese) economies on the long run. This in turn may reorganose the political and power relations.

The ideological speciality of teh neoconservative movement, which has extensive influenece in the most venal circles of the American intelligentsia is the amalgamation of unconditional devotion to the market and xenophobic and religious bigotry. The article presents the political and intellectual image, roots and evolution of neoconservatism. It paints a dark picture of the mental, moral and political decline, which is encapsulated by the "mafia" (to use the author's term) behind President Bush.