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1、WaroftheClassesWaroftheClassesJackLondon1WaroftheClassesPREFACEWhenIwasayoungsterIwaslookeduponasaweirdsortofcreature,because,forsooth,Iwasasocialist.Reportersfromlocalpapersinterviewedme,andtheinterviews,whenpublished,werepathologicalstudiesofastrangeandabnor
2、malspecimenofman.Atthattime(nineortenyearsago),becauseImadeastandinmynativetownformunicipalownershipofpublicutilities,Iwasbrandeda"red-shirt,"a"dynamiter,"andan"anarchist";andreallydecentfellows,wholikedmeverywell,drewthelineatmyappearinginpublicwiththeirsiste
3、rs.Butthetimeschanged.TherecameadaywhenIheard,inmynativetown,aRepublicanmayorpubliclyproclaimthat"municipalownershipwasafixedAmericanpolicy."AndinthatdayIfoundmyselfpickingupintheworld.Nolongerdidthepathologiststudyme,whilethereallydecentfellowsdidnotmindinthe
4、leastthepropinquityofmyselfandtheirsistersinthepubliceye.Mypoliticalandsociologicalideaswereascribedtothevagariesofyouth,andgood-naturedelderlymenpatronizedmeandtoldmethatIwouldgrowupsomedayandbecomeanunusuallyintelligentmemberofthecommunity.Alsotheytoldmethat
5、myviewswerebiassedbymyemptypockets,andthatsomeday,whenIhadgatheredtomeafewdollars,myviewswouldbewhollydifferent,--inshort,thatmyviewswouldbetheirviews.Andthencamethedaywhenmysocialismgrewrespectable,--stillavagaryofyouth,itwasheld,butromanticallyrespectable.Ro
6、mance,tothebourgeoismind,wasrespectablebecauseitwasnotdangerous.Asa"red-shirt,"withbombsinallhispockets,Iwasdangerous.Asayouthwithnothingmoremenacingthanafewphilosophicalideas,Germanicintheirorigin,Iwasaninterestingandpleasingpersonality.Throughallthisexperien
7、ceInotedonething.ItwasnotIthatchanged,butthecommunity.Infact,mysocialisticviewsgrewsoliderandmorepronounced.Irepeat,itwasthecommunitythatchanged,andtomychagrinIdiscoveredthatthecommunitychangedtosuchpurposethatitwasnotabovestealingmythunder.Thecommunitybranded
8、mea"red-2WaroftheClassesshirt"becauseIstoodformunicipalownership;alittlelateritapplaudeditsmayorwhenheproclaimedmunicipalownershiptobeafixedAmericanpolicy.Hestolemythunder,andtheco
