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A Capitalist Primer : Upton Sinclair's realism got the better of his socialism (Christopher Hitchens, July 2002, Atlantic Monthly)

[T]hough it lives on many a veteran's bookshelf as a stirring monument to the grandeur of the American socialist and labor movements, The Jungle may also be read today as a primer on the versatility of the capitalist system.

People keep dismissing the point, but here's the latest evidence that Christopher Hitchens is drifting Right. He turns the only respected socialist novel into a paean to capitalism and it's revered Socialist author, Upton Sinclair, into a racist. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 19, 2002 7:31 PM