>the greatest american writer was an actual, literal socialisthow come this country remains so staunchly capitalist in its outlook and literary output?
>>24831127Because we have to be by definition
Normalization. We'd laugh at someone and call them overly sentimental if they, say, turned down a job on Wall Street and instead chose to write grants for nonprofit organizations.
>>24831127American's watch the NFL and Love Island, they don't read books.
>>24831127Melville was a socialist?!
>>24831127The greatest American writer is named Upton Sinclair?All this time I've been calling him Sinclair Lewis!
