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** The author's name is '''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Bella]]'''my. This wouldn't have been all that notable on its own until the publication of ''Literature/LifeAndDeathTwilightReimagined'', where the RuleSixtyThree counterpart to Edward is called... [[MyNaymeIs Edythe]].

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** The author's name is '''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Bella]]'''my. This wouldn't have been all that notable on its own until the publication of ''Literature/LifeAndDeathTwilightReimagined'', where the RuleSixtyThree counterpart to Edward is called... [[MyNaymeIs Edythe]].Edythe.

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* HilariousInHindsight: In Bellamy's vision of the year 2000, information is carried long-distance via a series of pneumatic tubes. In 2006, Alaskan senator Ted Stevens was met with derision for stating that the internet is "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes a series of tubes]]".

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In Bellamy's vision of the year 2000, information is carried long-distance via a series of pneumatic tubes. In 2006, Alaskan senator Ted Stevens was met with derision for stating that the internet is "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes a series of tubes]]".tubes]]".
** The author's name is '''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Bella]]'''my. This wouldn't have been all that notable on its own until the publication of ''Literature/LifeAndDeathTwilightReimagined'', where the RuleSixtyThree counterpart to Edward is called... [[MyNaymeIs Edythe]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: In Bellamy's vision of the year 2006, information is carried long-distance via a series of pneumatic tubes. In 2006, Alaskan senator Ted Stevens was met with derision for stating that the internet is "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes a series of tubes]]".

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* HilariousInHindsight: In Bellamy's vision of the year 2006, 2000, information is carried long-distance via a series of pneumatic tubes. In 2006, Alaskan senator Ted Stevens was met with derision for stating that the internet is "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes a series of tubes]]".
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* HilariousInHindsight: A nationwide infrastructure of [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes tubes,]] you say?

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* HilariousInHindsight: A nationwide infrastructure In Bellamy's vision of [[https://knowyourmeme.the year 2006, information is carried long-distance via a series of pneumatic tubes. In 2006, Alaskan senator Ted Stevens was met with derision for stating that the internet is "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes tubes,]] you say?a series of tubes]]".
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* HilariousInHindsight: A nationwide infrastructure of [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes tubes,]] you say?
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* FollowTheLeader: One of the first 19th Century utopian science-fiction novels. It inspired not only copycat novels and spinoffs, but also a slew of TakeThat response novels by writers doubting the economics and politics of Bellamy's future. ''Literature/NewsFromNowhere'' by Creator/WilliamMorris was a response from a fellow socialist, as Morris found it too stiflingly industrial and favored a rural, agrarian setting instead.
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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are just the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary throwback traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in twenty seven US states).

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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are just the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary throwback traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What Just what treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given that this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in twenty seven US states).states). This was likely based on theories such as those of Italian criminologist and physician Cesara Lombroso's, who believed many criminals were such "atavisms" (of course, they have been [[ScienceMarchesOn long since debunked]]).
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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in twenty seven US states).

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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are just the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary throwback traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in twenty seven US states).

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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in twenty seven states).

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* FollowTheLeader: One of the first 19th Century utopian science-fiction novels. It inspired not only copycat novels and spinoffs, but also a slew of TakeThat response novels by writers doubting the economics and politics of Bellamy's future. ''Literature/NewsFromNowhere'' by Creator/WilliamMorris was a response from a fellow socialist, as Morris found it too stiflingly industrial and favored a rural, agrarian setting instead.
* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in twenty seven US states).
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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in many states).

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* ValuesDissonance: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in many twenty seven states).

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* UnfortunateImplications: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was advocated by the eugenics movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in many states).

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* UnfortunateImplications: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was done by real eugenics laws that were passed.

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* UnfortunateImplications: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was done advocated by real the eugenics laws that were passed.movement when Bellamy lived (and later became law in many states).
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* UnfortunateImplications: Obviously the idea that a command economy would be the best thing ever is controversial enough, given the record of communist states in the actual 20th century. The novel also claims that crimes are the result of "atavism" (i.e. hereditary traits). People with them are "treated in the hospitals." What treatment is unclear, but sterilization would seem to be the most probable, given this was done by real eugenics laws that were passed.
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