What were HG Wells' political beliefs?

Answer 1

Socialist.

He lived just long enough to experience the beginning of the Welfare State, and to see what was wrong with it.

Answer 2

H.G. Wells identified as a socialist throughout his life. He believed in the redistribution of wealth, collective ownership of resources, and equal opportunities for all. Wells wrote about his socialist views in works such as "The Outline of History" and "The Shape of Things to Come."