Kaluba´s Society, our Society

Contents and history

The book "Kaluba´s Society, our Society" (original title: "Kalubas Gesellschaft, unsere Gesellschaft") by the Avareelian author Johannes Stichfurt uses the example of a small village to disprove the theories of Adam Smith and to explain advantages of socialism compared to capitalism. It contains two of Stichfurt´s books, "Kaluba´s Village, our Village" and "Kaluba´s State, our State". Before they were published in the revolution of 1928, both books had been censored.

Kaluba´s Village, our Village

In this novel, written in 1913, the I-narrator Kaluba spends a year in a democratic, socialist village named Alternativa where everyone is equal. Kaluba, who comes from a capitalist state, is doubtful about this way of life he has never heard about before, but the longer Kaluba stays, the more advantages he or she sees. "Kaluba isn´t described so that every reader may replace Kaluba by himself or herself. Whether Kaluba is a he or a she, white or black, young or old depends on the reader. Kaluba and the reader shall become the same person, with the only difference that the reader is a real person and Kaluba only an invented one. Like that, not only Kaluba, but also the capitalist readers for who this book is mainly written can overcome all the prejudices towards socialism Kaluba has at the beginning of the story." (Johannes Stichfurt)

Kaluba´s State, our State

This book Stichufrt wrote in 1917 isn´t a novel but a theoretical analysis of socialism. Stichfurt refers to several experiences Kaluba has made in "Kaluba´s Village, our Village" and explains how a state shall be organised if a life like it is in Alternativa shall be possible. The book mainly concentrates on domestic politics and on economy, but, as it is an universal guideline how to build up a successful, functioning socialist state, it also deals with the other aspects of politics.