Status Updates From Η νέα ουτοπία

Men are fighting, striving, carving out each man his own life with the sword of strength and will. Men are laughing, grieving, loving, doing wrong deeds, doing great deeds, — falling, struggling, helping one another — living!
And I have a good deal more than three hours’ work to do today, and I meant to be up at seven; and, oh dear! I do wish I had not smoked so many strong cigars last night!

we have burned all those old works,” he said. “They were full of the old, wrong notions of the old wrong, wicked times, when men were merely slaves and beasts of burden.”
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all the old paintings and sculptures had been likewise destroyed, partly for the same reason, and partly because they were considered improper
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“A minority has NO rights,” he answered.
I said:
“It’s just as well to belong to the Majority, if you’re thinking of living here, isn’t it?”
He said:
“Yes; most of our people do. They seem to think it more convenient.”

Equality of all mankind was their watchword - perfect equality
in all things — equality in possessions, and equality in position and
influence, and equality in duties, resulting in equality in happiness
and contentment.
The world belonged to all alike, and must be equally divided.
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I had spent an extremely interesting evening.