Begins as a thought-provoking criticism of the goal of eradicating pain from society (See Brave New World or Wall-E), but then seems to jump off the cliff of reason and dive into support of the extreme opposite - a fascistic system where human beings are treated as objects of death. Is it obvious only with hindsight that there's a middle way? It's hard to imagine. My rating is mostly for the former part, as that's what will stay with me. The rest is historically interesting though, documenting an influential branch of extremist thought between the wars.