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...THIS IS NOT the case with Kinkade and her friends. Despite their avowed intention to fashion a utopia according to behaviorist principles, there are only a few examples in the book of attempts at conditioning behavior or even defining problems in Skinnerian terms. And these few are, invariably, embarrassing to the cause...
...economy by the previous 8% devaluation, then why not take advantage of a good thing and devalue, say, 99% ? The remaining 1% would serve to prove we are not totally greedy-and then, too, the dollar should retain some worth. I suppose, otherwise we might reach an economic Utopia before America is psychologically prepared. Who knows what sort of mass delirium might be triggered if everything could be bought with absolutely worthless dollars...
When it cooled down, Fuller's galactic vision turned out to be a peculiarly Yankee notion of universal principles translatable into an earthly Utopia. Fuller's trademark word was Dymaxion, which meant getting the most out of available technology. Dymaxion houses would solve the world's shelter problems. Dymaxion cars, steered by a single rear wheel, could park in a space only one foot larger than the car itself. Today, Fuller holds more than 20 patents, mostly for structural designs still...
Some of the radical students dared to reveal a similar low regard for Mao. One radical Red Guard publication commented in January 1968, that Mao had made an "abstract prediction" in 1966 when he had forecast that the Cultural Revolution would midwife a Communist "utopia." "Everything remains the same after so much ado," the youths lamented...
...class conflict: "The workingman perennially has been the bane of the intellectuals since he seeks meat on the table before he will sacrifice himself for some vague Utopia...