By 1935 Dos Passos was disillusioned with Socialism and radicalism. He could not abide the [[New Deal]] because it bureaucratized American life and accumulated too much power. He had become a conservative, and his novels -- always political--took the perspective from traditional conservatism, with a hostility toward labor unions and Communism. A close friend of [[Ernest Hemingway]], they became enemies when Hemingway refused to see the evils of the Communists in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. He read closely in the [[Founding Fathers]] for inspiration, and wrote extensively for the ''National Review.'' | By 1935 Dos Passos was disillusioned with Socialism and radicalism. He could not abide the [[New Deal]] because it bureaucratized American life and accumulated too much power. He had become a conservative, and his novels -- always political--took the perspective from traditional conservatism, with a hostility toward labor unions and Communism. A close friend of [[Ernest Hemingway]], they became enemies when Hemingway refused to see the evils of the Communists in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. He read closely in the [[Founding Fathers]] for inspiration, and wrote extensively for the ''National Review.'' |