Saunders betragtede sig som [[objektivisme|objektivist]], da han var i tyverne, men frastødes nu af denne filosofi, som han sammenligner med en [[Nykonservatisme|nykonservativ]] tankegang.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.laweekly.com/arts/mean-snacks-and-monkey-shit-2143344 | title = Mean Snacks and Monkey Shit | publisher = LA Weekly | date = {{dato|10-5-2006}} | first = Alec Hanley | last = Bemis | access-date = {{dato|18-10-2017}} }}</ref> Han har i stedet fordybet sig i [[nyingma]]-buddhisme.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/magazine/george-saunders-just-wrote-the-best-book-youll-read-this-year.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | title = George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year | publisher = The New York Times | date = {{dato|3-1-2013}} | first = Joel | last = Lovell | access-date = {{dato|18-10-2017}} }}</ref>
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