is one proof of his anti-totalitarian stance which is present throughout his whole literary career, most popularly in his novel "We" and his essay works. He particularly wrote about how can there be a beneficially progressive and developmental relationship between societies and the free expression of art, "But harmful literature is more useful than useful literature, for it is anti-entropic, it is a means of combating calcification, sclerosis, crust, moss, calmness" (Essay - Literature, Revolution, Entropy). Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" and its ideological support for freedom for oneself and government, would influence writers in Western Europe and the U.S.A. (e.g. George Orwell's "1984," Kurt Vonnegut's "Player Piano," etc.)