If private property were abolished, all wealth held in common, andeveryone allowed to share in the enjoyment of it, ill-will and hostility would disappear among men.
i could see that as people would careless about possessions and more so about living.
not all men are worthy of love
I think this is true but at the same time, one can say that because some men do not experience love in any form they embody hate which drives them down a bad path.
The essence of it lies in the fact that the members of the community restrict themselves intheir possibilities of satisfaction, whereas the individual knew no such restrictions.
Yes i think communities generally program its residents based on the accepted social norms of what successful, good etc, while individuals carve their own paths based on their own terms.
Beauty, cleanliness and order obviously occupy a special position among the requirements ofcivilization
This is true however, all three are relatively subjective based on ones culture.
Man has, as it were,become a kind of prosthetic God.
In a sense yes, with the advancements in science and technology we see that doctors and scientist are able to regrow organs, travel to space, do surgeries, erect cities etc.
If there had been no railway to conquer distances, my child wouldnever have left his native town and I should need no telephone to hear has voice; if travelling across theocean by ship had not been introduced, my friend would not have embarked on his sea-voyage and Ishould not need a cable to relieve my anxiety about him
I see what the author is saying but on the flip side, one could say that neither the child nor friend would have found themselves and become happy or impacted others in the world if those advancements were not made.
This contention holds that what we call our civilization is largely responsible for ourmisery, and that we should be much happier if we gave it up and returned to primitive conditions.
I think there is some truth to this as we are less physically and socially active than our ancestors were.
Dystopia is very clearly a kind of satire
Does he mean that dystopia is an exaggerated manifestation of humanity's stupidity and shortcomings?