Das Kapital is to economics as Finnegan’s Wake is to literature. The impenetrability of the prose invites elitists the way piney woods attract hunters. The death of Holy Karl has left an entire generation of intellectuals moorless, confused, and bitter. In their bitterness they cling to environmentalism, charismatic black churches, and the Democratic party. We should try to understand their frustrations and create programs to retrain them to more useful pursuits.