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'''Charles Fourier''' was the founder of [[utopian socialism]], a feminist who coined the word [[feminism]], and someone wanted to organize society into mass communal buildings ("Phalansteries", or "Phalanx"s) | '''Charles Fourier''' was the founder of [[utopian socialism]], a feminist who coined the word [[feminism]], and someone who wanted to organize society into mass communal buildings ("Phalansteries", or "Phalanx"s) which would provide a "sexual minimum" for everyone, including incels.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/incel-what-is-involuntary-celibates-elliot-rodger-alek-minassian-canada-terrorism-a8335816.html</ref> | ||
He was fairly unique among socialists as he saw sexual inequality to be a large causative factor of various social ills, instead of solely focusing his critiques on alienation and economic exploitation, thus preceding [[Michel Clouscard]] and the main character of Michel Houellebecq's novel ''[[Whatever]]'', in his analysis of sexual deprivation from a leftist perspective. | |||
This was not widely known during his lifetime, with his writings on this subject being rediscovered in the 1960s.<ref>Beecher, J. Bienvenu, R. 1971. ''The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier. pp 329.''</ref> | |||
He wanted his utopias to have various organizations devoted to sexually helping the rejected without being paid.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/TheUtopianVisionOfCharlesFourierSelectedTextsOnWorkLoveAndPassionateAttraction/The%20Utopian%20Vision%20of%20Charles%20Fourier_%20Selected%20Texts%20on%20Work%2C%20Love%20and%20Passionate%20Attraction_djvu.txt</ref> | |||
Charles had a view that people were naturally cooperative and suited to work without markets. And the job of society was to eliminate markets, punish trade-oriented people in society (Jews in his mind),<ref>Roberts, Richard H. (1995). Religion and the Transformations of Capitalism: Comparative Approaches. Routledge. p. 90</ref> establish a code or honor, and simply help people find their needs and niches. He felt this would more or less entitle everyone to jobs and sex as he felt enough non-Jews would see that as honorable. | Charles had a view that people were naturally cooperative and suited to work without markets. And the job of society was to eliminate markets, punish trade-oriented people in society (Jews in his mind),<ref>Roberts, Richard H. (1995). Religion and the Transformations of Capitalism: Comparative Approaches. Routledge. p. 90</ref> establish a code or honor, and simply help people find their needs and niches. He felt this would more or less entitle everyone to jobs and sex as he felt enough non-Jews would see that as honorable. | ||
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==The Phalanx== | ==The Phalanx== | ||
He wanted to organize all of humanity into self-contained utopian communities, each in | He wanted to organize all of humanity into self-contained utopian communities, each in its own building called a Phalanx. | ||
===Nightly communal love recreation=== | ===Nightly communal love recreation=== | ||
After the children went to bed, the adults who | After the children went to bed, the adults who were willing were to meet at a court and recreational facility that provided orgies, recreational sex, and monogamy regulation. There were various voluntary organizations called 'corporations' that people were encouraged to join and were based on their personality. The corporations each had a sexual role, some were even monogamous. | ||
===Personality ID=== | ===Personality ID=== | ||
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===Psychologists were to identify sexual needs=== | ===Psychologists were to identify sexual needs=== | ||
Everyone in the Phalanx would periodically meet a female psychologist who would ascertain what kind of sexual and employment needs they had at the moment to best directly meet their needs through others in the Phalanx. | Everyone in the Phalanx would periodically meet a female psychologist who would ascertain what kind of sexual and employment needs they had at the moment, in order to best directly meet their needs through others in the Phalanx. | ||
===Non paid volunteers were to have sex with incels=== | ===Non paid volunteers were to have sex with incels=== | ||
Women in the Damselate corporation were monogamous, however if they had an inclination to be unfaithful they were assigned to an incel or old person to cheat with.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/TheUtopianVisionOfCharlesFourierSelectedTextsOnWorkLoveAndPassionateAttraction/The%20Utopian%20Vision%20of%20Charles%20Fourier_%20Selected%20Texts%20on%20Work%2C%20Love%20and%20Passionate%20Attraction_djvu.txt</ref> | Women in the 'Damselate' corporation were expected to be monogamous, however if they had an inclination to be unfaithful they were assigned to an incel or old person to cheat with, as a form of 'punishment'. <ref>https://archive.org/stream/TheUtopianVisionOfCharlesFourierSelectedTextsOnWorkLoveAndPassionateAttraction/The%20Utopian%20Vision%20of%20Charles%20Fourier_%20Selected%20Texts%20on%20Work%2C%20Love%20and%20Passionate%20Attraction_djvu.txt</ref> Servicing incels was also a general punishment for breaking rules in a corporation. | ||
There was also a more formal charity for incels. Various non-paid volunteer organizations were to be set up for sexually servicing incels.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/TheUtopianVisionOfCharlesFourierSelectedTextsOnWorkLoveAndPassionateAttraction/The%20Utopian%20Vision%20of%20Charles%20Fourier_%20Selected%20Texts%20on%20Work%2C%20Love%20and%20Passionate%20Attraction_djvu.txt</ref> | There was also a more formal charity for incels. Various non-paid volunteer organizations were to be set up for sexually servicing incels.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/TheUtopianVisionOfCharlesFourierSelectedTextsOnWorkLoveAndPassionateAttraction/The%20Utopian%20Vision%20of%20Charles%20Fourier_%20Selected%20Texts%20on%20Work%2C%20Love%20and%20Passionate%20Attraction_djvu.txt</ref> | ||