In The political backwardness of the American workers, Trotsky explained what this meant. "What is this slogan? In reality it is the system of work in socialist society—the total number of workers divided into the total number of hours. But if we present the whole socialist system, it will appear to the average American as utopian, as something from Europe. We present it as a solution to this crisis which must assure their right to eat, drink and live in decent apartments. It is the program of socialism, but in a very popular and simple form.”