(urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists

[Lee Berman]

>Lane Haygood: That said, all I took was that the list explored themes important to
>socialists, not necessarily that these were books that advocated for any
>sort of socialist position.
 
The best explanation I've seen is the suggestion that socialists might generally be 
against imperialism and colonization.
 
The funny thing is, the deeper message in 5HoC is that the eventual result of colonization
is that the natives will imitate, infiltrate and ultimately subvert the society of the colonizers.
An interesting consideration in light of minority and immigrant issues currently broiling in Europe, 
the USA (more in the past) and what Japan seems to be vigorously trying to avoid.
 
I could actually see the argument for 5HoC being a must-read for anti-immigrant, neo-nazi skinheads.