Tylerwsword has brought up a most excellent point regarding a serious mistake I made confusing Orwell and Wells. As this article points out, Orwell was terribly critical of the pitfalls of utopian idealism. Wells, on the other hand, was a utopian to the core! HeraldAp
THE OPEN CONSPIRACY, by H G Wells
Is there a conspiracy for world domination? According to H G Wells there is, and he was proud to be a part of it. In 1928 he wrote the book THE OPEN CONSPIRACY describing the organization behind all the movements that have brought us to our present sorry state of affairs (ie mega-mergers, economic disaster, genetic engineering, loss of individuality and sovereignty etc etc).
It's uncanny how Wells was able to foresee everything that would happen and how it would all fall into place. But then again, I guess that's to be expected coming from the author of THE TIME MACHINE (1895), THE INVISIBLE MAN (1897) and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1898) - to name a few. No doubt H G Wells had help foreseeing all of this, just as he had help writing his books. He admits he's more or less a spokesperson for a shadowy group of behind-the-scenes elites.
Orwell, the renowned journalist, came into conflict with H G Wells, the renowned writer. But as a boy he was attracted to the writer's immense imagination and read all his books. But when he grew up Orwell made an enemy of him by writing in Wells, Hitler and the World State (1941) that his old hero was "too old to understand the evils of the modern world". Wells, who was then seventy-five, did not appreciate the criticism. He responded by rebuking Orwell in a letter, referring to him as "you shit".
As important as it is for people to read George Orwell's "1984" so too is it important for people to read H G Wells' THE OPEN CONSPIRACY. The difference between the two is that Orwell wrote from a position of abhoring World Dominion and H G Wells wrote from a position of embracing and promoting it.
My advice for people attempting to read THE OPEN CONSPIRACY is to not expect to digest all of the information with one reading. It's a book that requires study and attention to each detail. While reading it through the first time I had to backtrack many times to make sure I was understanding what Wells was saying. Give it a try. You'll be amazed at what he reveals! ~ Jackie Jura
