Iron Heel

I just wanted to comment a little about Ernest Everhard’s character.
Upon reading a few chapters- I can see how Avis is captured by him.
Ernest challenges the upper class and looks from the view of the working class. He states towards the great thinkers, “You are sincere… But should you change your belief to something that menaces the established order, your preaching would be unacceptable to your employers” (London,22). Here, Ernest understands that the capitalist class is sincere and pushes to do the best under capitalistic eyes but not under the view of a working class. It is interesting to me because it makes me question power and authority. How can change occur when the main people in control are those that cannot relate to the people that are in need of benefiting from the proposed changes? I think that when thinking about who we choose to lead- we should push to put in charge someone who has experienced what he or she is trying to change. Then, change can be beneficial to those that need it the most and the “employers” will have to accept a new order- one that has the everyone’s best intentions.