TerryB on Nostr: He did. In his philosophical writings. But his ideas as played out through News From ...

He did. In his philosophical writings. But his ideas as played out through News From Nowhere are what made me sceptical of idealistic Socialism. Our hero is fortunate to meet someone who, that day, fancied a bit of manual work as a ferryman. My late-teenaged self was forced to question a) what would have happened if our dreaming hero had arrived on another day and b) who cleaned the sewers?