| Show UTOPIA for ages past thinking men real ieng the imperfection of 0 human society have dreamed of an ideal state in which there would be no more poverty no nd more jm isery and no more oppression a state in which all would have equal opportunities to 0 o the good things of the earth enjoy the fruits of their labor and live in peace and security the word utopia was coined by sir thomas more in a romance written in 1516 depicting an ideal society in ill which people live in peace and plenty but long before the greek philosopher plato had pictured a socialistic commune in his republic A similar idea of a utopian paradise is also found in celtic and arabic legends as well as in the gothic many writers since more have had utopian visions 0 of which the best known are sir francis bacons bacans new atlantis AU antis bulwer Lyt tons coming race and edward Bell amys looking ing Ba ackward when the recent great tribulation forecast in in Matt matthew liew 24 mark alark 13 and luke bluke 24 settled down upon us and countless millions ot of helpless victims were vere crushed between the millstones of I 1 our mir merciless ciless economic system there arose again in tile the hearts and minds of social reformers the dream of a utopia where there would be no more want and misery where avei every y anz would have a job and a home and every child an opportunity to bring about such a condition is the object of the utopian society of america founded bounded by upton sinclair simultaneously there as born dr townsends Town sends old age pension plan another mighty tide thundering against the old order is that of father Cough lins voice denouncing the selfishness of the capitalistic system still another voice ming crying in the wilderness is that ot of senator huey long with his share our wealth campaign |
