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Indiana, 1825. A famous industrialist buys an entire town to prove that a society without private property will produce perfect people. It lasts about two years.
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Indiana, 1825. Robert Owen, a famous industrialist, buys an entire town to prove that a society without private property will produce perfect people. A young schoolteacher arrives a true believer, with her savings and the families who followed her there, determined to make it work. Nobody wants to do the hard work. Everybody wants to lecture. The town runs out of food while the philosophers argue. Every week brings a new rule, a new committee and a new shortage. The experiment will last about two years, and she will spend them slowly realizing that good intentions are not a plan.
Who it follows
A young schoolteacher comes to Robert Owen's utopia a true believer, determined to make it work.
What goes wrong
Nobody wants to do the hard work, everybody wants to lecture, and the town runs out of food while the philosophers argue.
What is at stake
Her savings, her faith in the idea, and the families who followed her there.
What keeps it running
Each episode is a new rule, a new committee and a new shortage, told by someone slowly realizing that good intentions are not a plan.
What you take away
You cannot build a new society by abolishing human nature.