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Looking Beyond
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102 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1891
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November 12, 2020
So this is the counter-counter argument (or rather one of them) to Looking Further Forward itself a counter argument to Looking Backwards.
Its not great. The author is quite poor compared to both the preceding ones and little he says can counter the previous devastating takedown.
Its also quite oddly constructed. He tries at first to keep his arguments in story for the first third then seems to give up and just describes an actual public debate between two characters. Its incredibly dry and uninteresting, before he just goes off the deep end for the finale.
I can see what he was trying to do at the end. It was an attempt to show how communism can accomplish great works for humanitry that the capitalist system can't. Which is true... no argument on that from me, you can get even more done if you use slave labour but that isn't an effective argument in its favour.
Anyway, while as i say i understand what he was going for at the end its still pretty insane and doesn't really work.
Oh, i do recall a few interesting technological innovations described, that was really its only redeeming factor.
Its not great. The author is quite poor compared to both the preceding ones and little he says can counter the previous devastating takedown.
Its also quite oddly constructed. He tries at first to keep his arguments in story for the first third then seems to give up and just describes an actual public debate between two characters. Its incredibly dry and uninteresting, before he just goes off the deep end for the finale.
I can see what he was trying to do at the end. It was an attempt to show how communism can accomplish great works for humanitry that the capitalist system can't. Which is true... no argument on that from me, you can get even more done if you use slave labour but that isn't an effective argument in its favour.
Anyway, while as i say i understand what he was going for at the end its still pretty insane and doesn't really work.
Oh, i do recall a few interesting technological innovations described, that was really its only redeeming factor.
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