Fulfillment: Virtual and Actual

In Freud's concept of the Dream as Wish-Fulfillment, the wish precedes the dream, but the fulfillment is virtual, i. e. an imaginary substitute for actual gratification.  Now, such a concept of gratification is implied in the Marxist critique of Capitalism, e. g. the opiated pleasures of religion, the ersatz satisfactions of demands created by supply-side products, etc.  However, Marcuse's attempt extract a stratum of non-alienated desire from Freud's Psychic model leaves intact a concept of Gratification that does not distinguish Appearance from Reality, i. e. virtual from actual fulfillment.  As a result, the Socialist model that he founds on that stratum retains some vestiges of Capitalism.