Neruda is known for being a passionate
communist. But why?
Neruda, being active in the bloody Spanish civil war,
moved into working in the direction of "collective
obligation" instead of individual work. The catalyst that made
him turn to collectivism and communism was the murder of
his friend and great Spanish poet -Federico Garcia Lorca.
Soon after his execution, Neruda published the collection
"Spain in the Heart" where he expressed his newly acquired
political views and where he
highlighted the injustices of the war and of the Spanish
government, and he showed his sympathy towards the
Republican side. Neruda based his ideology on the belief that
people had to work together in friendly environments in
order to go towards success both as a country and as
individuals, and he vastly learned this from living in Mexico
as a Consul General, and in Italy during his exile from Chile.
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