Call From the Cave: Our Cruel Nature and Quest for Power

by Jon Huer

This book explores the nature of power in persons, groups, and nations by asking a question that we can understand in contemporary what would Bill Gates do if he had Hitler’s absolute power?It is a sociological question that exposes power as a tool of control over the powerless, not as a psychological trait or manners of personal interactions. With Hitler’s power, any individual, group, or nation could become as crazy as Hitler or as cruel as the Nazis. Call from the Cave argues that the savage struggle for power, exemplified in the free market system of America—history’s first and purest “natural” society—is in our very human nature. In the footsteps of the ancient Romans and the recent Nazis, we push on in every waking moment of our lives to expand our power and to control the souls and minds of other human beings to do our bidding. The book concludes that this is the very destiny of humanity we cannot escape.

530 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2012

Reviews

[Maryam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really interesting, sort of a page turner.
It was just a little too personal and emotional for me, but it makes it complete. I wouldn't change it.
Some people might label it 'crazy'; it's not. I would definitely recommend it for people who don't scoff at conspiracy ideas.