The tower was made of bricks. Every brick was exactly the same. Same height, same width, same depth, same weight, same color (every gender was the same, every income was the same, everything was the same).
The bricks were held together with mortar (material goods).
The tower grew. More and more bricks were added, more and more mortar was needed. It got bigger and bigger. It got so big, the mortar started to crack. Because the mortar was limited, there was no more mortar for repairs to keep the tower intact (like the deficit today). The tower crumbled under it's own wight.
The people, lost, scattered and started a new form of existence. Because of that, over time, they all created their own communication, and other "tribes" were no longer able to communicate with them.
In the end, no one was "exactly the same", because the idea didn't work.
The Fabian society, like all socialist, believe they can rebuild the tower make it work. They think they're "smarter" than those who failed before them.
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OT: I was to go down this a.m., but an email last night informed the cleaning was postponed by Bloomberg after his Friday WABC radio address, stating threatening calls to the park property board (of course he doesn’t know who made the calls, even though his other half is on the board). Going down in a couple hours, have to help out on a church food bagging for tomorrow in the area (guess who’ll probably show up in the morning for free food). Will bring camera.
BTW, OT, did you see this? Kinda makes you wanna’ run right down: