A fascinating example of dystopian, pessimistic fiction displacing the hopeful, optimistic truth. Turns out that Lord of the Flies is dead wrong. Maroon some boarding-school boys on an island and they act sensibly, generously and imaginatively.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months?CMP=share_btn_tw …
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Myths like these totally permeate our society! The mind boggles! The heart weeps! The spleen twists!
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