Jack London

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Jack London: Socialist and Racialist

Jack London: Socialist and Racialist - American Renaissance
Most Americans know Jack London as the man who wrote To Build a Fire. It is a simple story about one man’s attempt to survive the harsh Alaska winter, originally published in 1902 before being republished in its best-known version six years later. It is an excellent introduction to London — his writing, his interests, and his outlook on life. London’s literary world embodied Theodore Roosevelt’s ideal of the “strenuous life;” his tales always involve hard men battling either nature, the evil winds of fate, or dangerous enemies.

Jack London: Socialist and Racialist - American Renaissance

 

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This is a strange sentiment for a socialist. The socialists of London’s day hated European imperialism, but London thought imperialism was a natural consequence of the superiority of the white man. For him, socialism was the best form of government only for higher men — for white men.

Betcha he's rollin' in his grave over QE4.....~S~