Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Floppies Date: 21 Sep 2025 18:59:08 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> <9DOdncYo-vBzE1r1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <10a8mbc$1q6g1$8@dont-email.me> <10aflaa$3hppa$5@dont-email.me> <10agq22$3qpp9$1@dont-email.me> <10aj64l$cqsf$3@dont-email.me> <10ana4v$1d813$1@dont-email.me> <10aoc7v$1jd5c$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 8nMKbaVV3O5akKHPkpjWOgg6btiKw6v1DMmRzm8IORk9Y0CBtl Cancel-Lock: sha1:OwgVE+k+doHeiS48UB8vnaqEzos= sha256:bSK8LBFqHd55TR4Xhpvd0ZC3goNoekeZ0y3AlkKsRuk= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74749 On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 09:15:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 21/09/2025 03:29, rbowman wrote: >> London was a complex person that I can identify with but a 2025 >> 'socialist' better think twice about claiming him. He needs several >> gallons more whitewash than Margaret Sanger. > > I still think that Mark Twain was a far better illustrator of the > American social and political scene than anyone else. > > Was he a socialist? Or a far right racist? Twain was a capitalist, although not very good at it. Despite the political incorrectness of the Nigger Jim character he was an abolitionist. However he didn't care much for Indians. The US has had the Noble Redskin narrative since before Cooper but even Thoreau didn't find much nobility in the ones he met.