"Mack Reynolds - After Utopia" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reynolds Mack)

тАЬThatтАЩs the point,тАЭ Stein nodded. тАЬThey had nothing to
fight against and man is a fighting animal. Take away
something to work for, to fight for, and heтАЩs a frustrated
animal.тАЭ
A horrible understanding was growing within Tracy
Cogswell. He looked from one to the other of them,
almost desperately.
He said, тАЬWhat did you bring me here for?тАЭ And his
voice was hoarse.
Academician Stein ignored him and pressed on. тАЬSince
the success of your movement, Tracy Cogswell, there has
been world government. Wars and racial tensions have
disappeared. There is abundance for all, crime is a thing
of the past. Government, if you can call it that, is so
changed as hardly to be recognizable from the viewpoint
of your day. There are no politics, as you knew them.тАЭ
Jo Edmonds said bitterly, тАЬYou asked about space
flight yesterday. Sure, there are a couple of small bases
on the moon, unmanned bases, automated bases, but
nothing new has been done in the field for a generation.
We have lots of dilettantesтАЭтАФhe flicked his beautifully
carved bit of jadeтАФтАЬlots of connoisseurs, lots of
gourmetsтАж but few of us can bother to become scientists,
builders, visionaries.тАЭ
тАЬWhy did you bring me here!тАЭ Cogswell repeated.
тАЬBecause we need your know-how,тАЭ Edmonds said
flatly. He seemed a far cry from his usual easygoing self.
CogswellтАЩs eyes became tired-looking. тАЬMy know-how?тАЭ
Betty said gently, тАЬTracy, when we sought back
through history for someone to show us the way, we
found Tracy Cogswell, the incorruptable, the dependable,
the lifelong, devoted organization man.тАЭ
Tracy Cogswell was staring at her. тАЬWho are you
people?тАЭ he said. тАЬWhatтАЩs your angle?тАЭ
It was Academician Stein who answered, and he said
what Cogswell now already knew. тАЬWeтАЩre members of a
new underground. The human race is turning to mush,
Tracy. Something must be done. For more than half a
century weтАЩve had what every Utopian through history
has dreamed of. Democracy in its most ultimate form.
Abundance for all. The end of strife between nations,
races, and, for all practical purposes, between
individuals. And, as a species, weтАЩre heading for
dissolution. Tracy Cogswell, we need your experience to
guide us. To overthrow the present socioeconomic system
and form a new society.тАЭ
Edmonds leaned forward and put it in another way.
 тАЬYouтАж and your movementтАж got us into this. Now get
us out.тАЭ