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or a group of smart people making the decisions for everyone else
(sounds familiar)
*National Anthem of USSR plays*
Weird to think he was a Fabian for a while
Not so weird that he left them because they weren't imaginative enough for him
actually
*rummages*
Hobbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_H.G._Wells
His most consistent political ideal was the World State. He stated in his autobiography that from 1900 onward he considered a World State inevitable. He envisioned the state to be a planned society that would advance science, end nationalism, and allow people to progress by merit rather than birth. Wells's 1928 book The Open Conspiracy argued that groups of campaigners should begin advocating for a "world commonwealth", governed by a scientific elite, that would work to eliminate problems such as poverty and warfare.
In 1932, he told Young Liberals at the University of Oxford that progressive leaders must become liberal fascists or enlightened Nazis who would "compete in their enthusiasm and self-sacrifice" against the advocates of dictatorship. In 1940, Wells published a book called The New World Order that outlined his plan as to how a World Government would be set up. In The New World Order, Wells admitted that the establishment of such a government could take a long time, and be created in a piecemeal fashion.
the book the leviathan?
indeed
oh man
HG Wells is all over the map
love his books
I can see Alex Jones inviting him on
hp lovecraft
And also chastisting him
reaps has accended
congrats!!!
but yea hp lovecraft is my favorite
nonetheless, HG Wells is a great example of how difficult it can be to nail someone down to one set of political beliefs
Then again, late-19th/early-20th century was full of political ideas being tried out
for sure
one of my other favorites
Starship Troopers?
*clicks*
yup
i have read most of his books
So weird to think the same guy who made Robocop made Starship Troopers and essentially admitted that he found the book 'boring', didn't finish it, and made a film that was... not very much like ST
The movie pissed me off
heh
I enjoyed it for the shlock that it was
but yeah
it shit all over the ideals of the book
Pretty sure Verhoeven had worse things to say about it than just 'boring'
Still love starship troopers tho
Is my shit
Have you guys read Wells' Socialism and the Family?
trying to find a copy to download