Mankind in the Making

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:31:43 -0500

Summary

H.G. Wells writes his own version of Plato’s Republic laying out the process required to make humanity 2.0 otherwise known as the ‘New Republican’. Abandoning hope of finding absolute answers on any questions social, political or ethical, Wells decides to view life in its essence as a succession of births. If this be so, then how might we improve this succession and make it the best process possible? Wells has a plan, and he spends the next 10 chapters walking the reader through how a new republican would be welcomed into life, early education and eventually seated into the greater world of society. His ideas touch on many areas of life, sex, literature, and parenting styles.

The Communist Manifesto

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:30:48 -0500

This is America Don’t catch you slippin’ now Don’t catch you slippin’ now Look what I’m whippin’ now 0/10

On first read through though I thought this book was difficult to understand and made a lot of HUGE assumptions that the readers are just supposed to agree with. It doesn’t seem like this book is a good primer into communism but more like a good closer if you are already leaning in that direction. The book included a chapter of excerpts from various Engles/Marx’s writings which was more helpful to understand why they said what they said. I’ll definitely be doing so more research.

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Mankind in the Making

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