In the state cookshops everything, even to the smallest details, has been anticipated and settled beforehand. No one person obtains the smallest preference over others. The picking and choosing amongst the various state cookshops cannot, of course, be tolerated.
Eugen Richter
Eugen (often Anglicized as “Eugene”) Richter (1838–1906) was a German politician and journalist. He was one of the greatest critics of the policies of Otto von Bismarck. His books include the dystopian science-fiction novel Pictures of the Socialistic Future. See Ralph Raico’s essay “Eugen Richter and Late German Manchester Liberalism: A Reevaluation.”
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Written in 1893, it is a novel of life under socialism by Eugene Richter, a German liberal of the 19th century. Prophetic is not quite the word for this book. Richter saw with chilling clarity what would happen under socialistic control. The economy
