Why people recommend it
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic 20th-century allegorical novel about a group of British schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island who descend into savagery as their attempts at self-governance fail. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Michael Malice brought up the book to critique its bleak premise regarding human nature, calling it one of the most disturbed works in literary history. Tim Pool referenced the novel on Timcast IRL to illustrate how societal order and civil discourse can completely fall apart during moments of unrest. Rutger Bregman appeared on Modern Wisdom to discuss the famous manifestations of cynical views of human nature in the twentieth century, noting how many people in the Anglo-Saxon world were forced to read Golding's story in school. Additionally, Dennis Prager referenced the novel on The Rubin Report to question the notion that children are inherently born with a strong moral sense, arguing instead that the darker themes depicted in the book align more closely with human reality than idealistic views of innocence.
Who recommended it
- Michael Malice Discussed
- Tim Pool Discussed
- Rutger Bregman Discussed
- Dennis Prager Discussed
Michael Malice — 1 mention
“lord of the flies is one of the most [ __ ] up books in history”
Tim Pool — 1 mention
“well that's also you can have these protests and stuff like that and everything's yay rah-rah here's my side this is my cause but the moment that somebody goes lord of the flies it things just fall apart and it's explain that i don't know that maybe there's a lord of the flies is a book where a bunch of”
Rutger Bregman — 1 mention
“and now one of the sort of the most famous manifestations of this idea in the 20th century was this novel Lord of the Flies that you know especially people in the anglo-saxon world in the US and the UK you know so many people have read it or were forced to read it for a school write this story”
Dennis Prager — 1 mention
“the idea that we could learn that children are born with a a strong moral sense uh I mean you've read Lord of the Flies I think that's far more accurate”
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“That's basically the chaz. Yeah, that's the chaz. That's kind we don't got to spend any money on it. My chapter in the book is called Lord of the Chaz cuz they just gave him an island just like the kids in Lord.”
“And that's when it became Lord of the Flies.”
“very lord of the flies ass kind of [ __ ]”
“do you start to become like Lord of the Flies on it's called semester at sea you start to become like in the beginning everybody's kind of chilling”