“The dynamic of their productivity deprives ‘utopia’ of its
traditional unreal content: what is denounced as ‘utopian’ is no longer that
which has ‘no place’ and cannot have any place in the historical universe, but
rather that which is blocked from coming about by the power of the established
societies. Utopian possibilities are inherent in the technical and
technological forces of advanced capitalism and socialism: the rational
utilization of these forces on a global scale would terminate poverty and scarcity
within a very foreseeable future.”
Herbert Marcuse, “Introduction” An Essay on Liberation (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1971), pp. 3-4.
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