Gentlemen: Aside from his personal views, if they are historically accurate, HG Wells apparently struck a note of wisdom in his writing of the Time Machine. He may have gotten lucky. But the message still rings true. Perhaps, the message is political and economic-- that is, the battle between socialism and capitalism.
>From the vedic point of view, however, we can see the interplay of the gunas and how they manifested among the Eloi and the Murlocks. We see the struggle between good and evil, which is very similar to the struggle between the demigods and the demons in the vedic literature. The story even today has an inherent appeal. Regards, John R. --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I wouldn't look to Wells for much in the way of an enlightened > > viewpoint on the future of mankind. Wells was pretty much a nutcase > > who prefigured the Nazi death camps: > > > > "Speaking prophetically of the year 2000, Wells claimed his World > > State would begin, as he put it, with a "great federation of white > > English-speaking peoples." The British empire would join with the > > other English-speaking countries such as the United States. > > Together, > > they would possess "at least a hundred million sound-bodied and > > educated and capable men." That military power would dictate a world > > union dominated by English-speaking whites. > > > > Substitute German-speaking Aryans for English-speaking whites and > > you > > have Nazism's ultimate dream. But the similarities do not end there. > > Wells's noted that his World State would pay particular attention to > > how Jews adapted to the new order. According to Wells: "If the Jew > > has a certain incurable tendency to social parasitism, and we make > > social parasitism impossible, we shall abolish the Jew; and if he > > has > > not, there is no need to abolish the Jew." There is a difference > > between Wells's 'change or die' and Nazism's blunter 'die,' but the > > difference is not that great. > > > > On the matter of population control, similarities abound. Nazi > > Germany targeted the Slavs of Eastern Europe for abortion, birth > > control and other means of population limitation. Wells's scheme > > offered the same idea on a far vaster scale. In the "Southern > > States" > > of the United States, he warned, "the nigger squats and multiplies." > > Together with the whites of urban slums, such people > > constitute "stagnant ponds of population" that must be drained. He > > went still further. In words that cannot be misunderstood, he made > > it > > clear that the World State would adopt a brutal population policy. > > > > To the multiplying rejected of the white and yellow civilisations > > there will have been added a vast proportion of the black and brown > > races, and collectively those masses will propound the general > > question, "What will you do with us, we hundreds of millions who > > cannot keep pace with you?" > > > > Wells's plans for the great bulk of the black and brown races were > > like those he had for Southern blacks and the white underclass. He > > intended to get rid of them by preventing them from having children > > by various schemes. Imagine hundreds of millions of people waiting > > passively for their fate to be decided by a select few and you get a > > hint of the totalitarian terror behind his World State." > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ydac2u > > In other words, Wells was the average liberal Englishman > of his time. Thus the popularity of his writing. :-) >
