We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
I'm now curious as to how you and seemingly 5 other people know what the rich taste like. You guys had a BBQ and didn't invite the rest of us, didn't you?
A grim futuristic account of Egyptian society in the year 2023, "Utopia" takes readers on a chilling journey beyond the gated communities of the North Coast where the wealthy are insulated from the bleakness of life outside the walls. When a young man and a girl break out from this bubble of affluence in order to see for themselves the lives of their impoverished fellow Egyptians they are confronted by a world that they had not imagined possible.
Breathtaking and suspenseful, "Utopia's" twists and turns will keep readers guessing until the very last page, and may leave some wondering whether this is a vision of the future that is not too far away.
I mean, yes and no. There's biology that drives human behavior, as much as we want to pretend otherwise and physics are responsible for scarcity.
Given our biological programming and scarcity of resources there isn't an economic system that can "be fair and equal" at any scale beyond hunter gatherer tribes.