![]() ![]() ![]() A political movement inspired by the book’s ideals rapidly emerged, confusingly named “Nationalism” but bearing much of the hallmarks of scientific socialism. You probably have never read “Looking Backward” or even heard of it, but it enraptured much of the nation’s middle class in the 1890s. It is basically what Disneyland wishes you'd think it was. There is no money, only government credit. Nobody does jury duty because there are no more juries, because the judges are always right. People start working at 21 and retire by 45. There are no politicians, professional athletes, lawyers, soldiers or merchants. A non-violent revolution, the good doc explains, brought forth a world without war, taxes, crime and corruption. Leete, he discovers the world has changed. ![]() “Looking Backward” tells the story of Julian West, a 19th century capitalist who falls asleep for 113 years. The book, “Looking Backward: 2000-1887” by Massachusetts writer Edward Bellamy, gathered considerable steam and, in its second printing, sold more than 400,000 copies in the United States in less than a decade, only behind “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and “Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ” in sales. In 1888, a utopian novel from a Massachusetts writer was published, first to modest sales and acclaim. ![]()
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