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           A phalanstere was a design created in the nineteenth century by Charles Fourier, through the inspiration he found from the palace of Versilles. In eighteen thirty-two the newspaper, Fourierist, proposed the launch of a fundraiser to create La Phalange.   He envisioned the structure as a U-shaped building with wings on either side of the large structure. This was meant to become a self-contained utopian building that would house 500-2000 people who would work together and benefit each other perfectly.  Fourier was a French socialist who wanted to develop an architectural system based off of principles of sexual liberation, co-operative organization, women’s liberation, and human interaction. He was not a fan of industrialization or the free market at the time, since he believed they led to the destruction of the modern world through the oppression of its people. He believed that in his society everyone would work equally fo...