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Whatever happened to Utopia? Thomas More’s book was certainly a parody, but few agree on what was being mocked. The Church? If so, which one? Colonialism (or apologies for)? Early communism or the degeneracy of empire? On this poor earth, competition for utopias is priced in blood and cynics pay dearly for their laughter. But More

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