Goliah - Jack London

[@ashroskell]

I once had a Kurdish, communist friend at college who had almost died in a Turkish prison for arguing politics with guns. He told me that Jack London was his favourite author. I did not share his politics or taste in literature & I recall being bemused by his choice. I could only think of Call of the Wild & The Sea Wolf & thought of him as no more than an adventure writer. Now I see an uncompromising political manifesto in this tale & think of him differently. Fascinating stuff. Tnx. Ash

[@aglimmerofhope5321]

Why was this never a movie? This story should be taught as a class; it's methods debated, revised and improved; with global happiness our primary goal. But instead of Percival Stultz, we might revere Mr London as a man with an imperfect vision that inspired it (and also Plato, whose ideas I suspect inspired Jack's). He was so much more than the author of "Call of the Wild". And to the skeptics who will say this can never be: GET OUT OF OUR WAY AND WE'LL SEE! 😄😆😃 Energon = People Power = Pure Democracy?

[@jayturner3397]

Well said

[@sleethmitchell]

gawddam hippie!

[@Shoey77100]

and the people who run the government never ever abuse their power... nope, never happens.

[@OtterRose1]

I can imagine that they would behave much better if DEATH was looking over their shoulders at every moment... and this story would be a "start" in the right direction...

[@pharaohanakaris]

Did you listen to the story?

[@okboomer6201]

49:44 "The world had become gay" 🤣 One prediction had become true.

[@PAX---777]

Unfortunately.....

[@mrninesixfive]

The eugenics aspect made me uncomfortable listening to the story

[@sciencemile]

+mrninesixfive Makes sense given the zeitgeist of the time and his position in it; In The Scarlet Death, he referred to the Aryan Race several times

[@Wally-pu2hh]

Nothing wrong with that at all . The only thing is nowadays real history is being rewritten .

[@isabelagesser8627]

Who is this guy Tom Lawson that London refers to in 13:49?

[@HughEMC]

Probably is Thomas W Lawson who was a "captain of industry" type in the early 20th century

[@eisenhertz]

what a beauty full world?

[@sanecanadian2351]

Commie pipe dreams lol

[@martitinkovich4489]

bravo, insane canuck

[@valor101arise]

Nice humanistic idea.... not reality

[@brucezar9517]

Moronic and silly; stupid, communistic; but most of all maximally boring, though narrated well.

[@shanefinnegan4456]

Trump 2020

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

Communism, eww.