>can't win over blacks>can't win over poorfags>outright enemies of blue collar workers>not taken seriously/ seen as useful idiots by their intellectually inferior middle class liberal pragmatic allies >can't/won't win over the armed forces>can't/won't win over the intelligence agencies>can't/won't win over the politicians>decent success rate with middle class children (dropped by junior yr), academics, homosexuals and trannys.Is there a book which explains how this leads to revolutionary success or should i just see all the le-science-of-hisory 2-more-weeksism from the past 200 years?
Maybe read why it emerged in the first place. You can read Tragedy and Hope, for example, if you're interested in the 19th century financial history. In the early 19th century the international bankers, or merchant bankers as they were still called, made a huge amount of money by lending money to industrialists whose factories were rapidly expanding and that required capital for that. However, at the end of the 19th century, the bankers started to notice that the industrialists and big steel corporations etc started to have so much money that they could finance their expansion from their profit margins alone, and no longer needed the services of the merchant bankers. Worried that they'd get cut out from the wealth generation, the merchant bankers started shifting to public sector, by providing liquidity to the governments. They quickly noticed that the most wasteful politicians were the socialists who promised welfare programs to the poor, which of course required a lot of money that the bankers were more than willing to lend. This way they basically made the governments pay taxes to the bankers ensuring the the bankers were at the top of the game once more instead of the industrialists. This is of course 19th century reality and a bit outdated by now, but it still explains why socialists are so eager to seize the means of production, ie the assets of the industrialists. It also explains the early 20th century conflicts between the often protestant industrialists and the often jewish merchant bankers. And why the industrialists tended to lean towards fascism while hitler accused jews for supporting communism. After the world wars the corporate and banking world kind of fused together and this stopped being such an issue for the elites. Though I suppose a new schism is emerging now that the tech giants are threatening the old financial sector with their services, and I guess that explains things like bitcoin, DOGE and all those tech libertarians who try to challenge the big banks with their services. Bankers supporting high taxes is of course nothing new. They can move their assets from place to place with a stroke of a pen, so they often support high taxes on others because they know they can avoid them unlike their rivals. In the republic of florence the medici already realized that, and supported high taxes on the rich aristocrats to gain the support of the lower classes.
>>24950477Based Zerg macro > micro scrub
>>24950477See >>24950509>>24950514Commies are mostly consists of stalinist oldfarts in basically everywhere outside of angl*sphere
>>24950477>can't win over blacksTell me “I haven’t watched DuRaRaRa” without saying “I haven’t watched DuRaRaRa”
>>24950519Interesting. Will read. Do you have any other books or sources?
If, according to Gnosticism, the material world was created by an ignorant or malevolent Demiurge, why did the higher, benevolent source of reality allow such a being or such a world to come into existence? This idea seems to relocate the problem of evil to a meta-level rather than resolving it.
>>24950052I think life is designed perfectly to be bearable. The spirit is an unstoppable force
>>24950552For most of them yes. And if this were true then I'm not really sure what the Demiurge or the adoption of instrumental reason as a slave to the passions does wrong. Afterall, being is hierarchical, by necessity, but not teleological, and ascent seems to merely be a sort of destruction, a canceling out.But this is the old issue of being unable to distinguish divine, angelic, and human (discursive) knowing, so that God must be beyond thought in order to avoid multiplicity, and is so rendered sterile and in a sense powerless. But then on the other hand God cannot lack what creatures possess (a point Plotinus makes for the Intellect and One, but then doesn't really follow up fully IMO). The distinction that seems to be missing is that things that are many in creatures are absolutely one in God, but known as many to us. They and the distinction between essence and energies, which does not imply multiplicity.
>>24949807Would the higher, benevolent source of reality punch the small, dumb guy? That wouldn't be very benevolent.
>>24950587the problem is that in neoplatonism the monad cannot be understood or known or even thought about
>>24950052Read up on emanationism and Plato's view on the demiurge. Plotinus critiques the gnostics for this and their cosmogony. But the gnostics do have their gems.
>evil cannot *uurp* create*plagiarizes Wagner's Ring Cycle*
>>24949535yea Ring of Gyges
>>24950497Tolkien himself talks about half the shit y'all are arguing about in this thread. He was transparent about his influences and sources. Such a pointless thread.
The traditions they took from had a culture that relied on borrowing. The entire point was to spread the memes so doing so in any way is a form of veneration.Tolkien was likely aware of Gyges but so were the original authors of the Germanic myths. I don't know why people pretend the Germanics didn't have access to Roman and Greek works when it's even documented in Roman sources and some of the few Germanic texts we have include translations of Roman and Greek sources.The ring in Völsunga saga represents the economic and military power of Rome, inherited to some degree by Germanic tribes like Burgundians along with a curse. So the idea of a corrupting ring of power from an ancient evil that may return is already established there.
>>24944760Tolkien generally appeals to browns. High-IQ whites don't engage with genreslop
>>24950582That explains why he’s so popular in America. Full of browns and the only whites there are so dumb they slop up Marvel movies. No appreciation for real literature, they’re incapable of it. Thank God I was born into a Western culture country.
>match with woman on dating app>we both have literature as shared interests>she says "oh what's your favorite genre??">"I'm more into the classics">"but what's your favorite genre? Do you like sci fi?>"I like transcendentalist literature">"oh ok"Why do they ask
got banned off hinge for making a stupid joke in my bio
>>24947429The reality of it is that women read but many of them are reading yaoi manga, erotic novels, or B&N slop. Everyone has their own niche and it takes a serious reader to be well read in multiple genres
>>24948018okay mate very cool
>>24947429wait does this work?
>>24948914Based. Find your wife.
This book changed my life for the better
>>24949040>t. not a virgin and will never marry oneKek, what's it like being a slut?
>>24949463>Men can also orgasm when they’re anally rapedI’m sure you do, faggot.
>>24950179>put more effort into it then she does
This book changed me too.
>>24949800>>24949809i don't think it's a "vast majority" but definitely some do. and it's not "rapey" it's perfectly normal consensual sexi suspect it's all to do with upbringing, what they are taught is taboo, all that sort of thing
Good night frens.Tell me your:>favorite poet>favorite playwright>favorite composerSo I have some new comfy suggestions.
Quite the pretentious pseud thread you have going here.
YeatsPinterBeethoven
>>24949741>Oh no! familiarity with high culture, canon literacy, and taste that isn't purely ironic, meme-based or pop-referential. On a literature board, of all places. Clearly everyone here is just trying to seem smart. Better devalue it quickly so I don't have to participate or feel inadequate.How does it feel to be a gargantuan, insecure faggot?
>>24947744Have you checked out Berwald or Stenhammar, they are severely underrated and my favorite Swedish composers, check out Berwald's Third Symphony especially if you haven't (the other symphonies are comparable in quality too all incredible)
>>24940941Spenser (if including novelists Dostoevsky) ShakespeareWagner/Debussy
>december 2025>novel still unfinished
>>24948774>ok OP what is your book about, please enlighten me
>>24948774you should drop writing alltogethr and learn how to code roblox games my little nephew makes a cool 600-800$ a month from it
>>24949403>>24949415>>24949509What is yalls method for writting? I am only able to make actual contributions to my drafts when an overwhelming feeling of certainty arises, giving me great inspiration and the knowledge to put together my lesser drafts into proper pages
>>24949403So ~50,000 words?On the shorter side>>24949415There are a bunch of booktubers vlogging about the 7th draft of their novel>>24950537I only write when I feel inspiration and have coffee, which is most days
>>24949415>another draftAnon…
Just ordered thisWhat am I getting into?
>>24950527Your assumption is wrong. ESVCE was initiated by the Indian bishops because they don't have the rights to the New American Bible (owned by the US bishops) and the 1991 NRSVCE had been rejected by the Vatican for being "inclusive" garbage. The whole time the Indian Church had been using the 1952 RSV. >>24950535My copy says that the Gottingen Septuagint forms "the textual base for the deuterocanonical books. In the special case of Tobit, the translators used the longer Greek text (Sinaiticus) supplemented by the shorter Greek text (Vaticanus) and the Old Latin version at points where the longer text lacks some verses" (pg xvi). The Gospels are old ESV work; I'm not sure why you are mentioning them.
>>24950543Which KJV is supposed to be the perfect one, the original 1611 or the one people actually read today, since there were multiple revisions and they aren’t identical? If it’s the 1611, why doesn’t anyone use it? If it’s a later one, who changed God’s perfect word and when did it become perfect? Before 1611, did Christians just not have a real Bible at all? When the KJV translators openly said they weren’t inspired and that they were revising earlier English Bibles, were they wrong or just being dishonest? If the KJV can override or “fix” the Greek and Hebrew, what’s the point of Greek and Hebrew in the first place? Which Textus Receptus is the inspired one, since there are multiple editions that don’t agree with each other? And if God only preserved His word in English, why did nobody seem to know that for the first 1,600 years of church history?
>>24946147Some of its advices are bad, some are neutral, some are good. However, its previousd version, then Adam had two wives Lilith and Eve, I like it much better. And it is a pity that Methuselah's 965-year-long life is not described in sufficient detail in the Bible, Methuselah, my bow to him, was much wiser than Jesus Christ, who lasted only 33 years on Earth.
>>24950557>Which KJV is supposed to be the perfect one, the original 1611 or the one people actually read today, since there were multiple revisions and they aren’t identical? The word of God on earth follows the trajectory of the Word of God on earth. Were there changes to Jesus’ body as he grew? Did he not also grow in wisdom and stature? Luke 2:40 and Luke 2:52. Which Jesus was perfect? The one before he increased in wisdom or the one after? I’m aware that there are minor spelling differences in the different King James versions.>If it’s the 1611, why doesn’t anyone use it? If it’s a later one, who changed God’s perfect word and when did it become perfect? God changed God’s perfect word. The Holy Spirit, quoting Old Testament scripture, makes changes as he see fit. He can do that because it’s his word. Compare 1 Corinthians 14:21 and Isaiah 28:11. It’s not the exact same, because that scripture is used at a different time for a different audience, speaking a different language.>Before 1611, did Christians just not have a real Bible at all? What do you mean “real”?
>>24950581>When the KJV translators openly said they weren’t inspired and that they were revising earlier English Bibles, were they wrong or just being dishonest? I have read the preface. They were wrong, not dishonest. The Assyrian, the rod of God’s anger in Isaiah 10:5-7, did not know that he was being used by God. Same goes for the KJB translators.>If the KJV can override or “fix” the Greek and Hebrew, what’s the point of Greek and Hebrew in the first place? Biblically, a translation is always to a better stage/condition/version (see 2 Sam. 3:10, Col. 1:13, Heb. 11:5). The Hebrew and Greek served their purpose at crucial moments in history (and still serve their purpose today, don’t get me wrong). Today English is the lingua franca and the expansion of English in history coincides quite nicely with the King James. >Which Textus Receptus is the inspired one, since there are multiple editions that don’t agree with each other? I didn’t claim that any Textus Receptus is inspired. I’m claiming the King James Bible is. God can use any foundation; he used sinful men to speak and pen down his word. He spoke his word through a false prophet like Balaam.>And if God only preserved His word in English, why did nobody seem to know that for the first 1,600 years of church history?Today, God’s word is preserved in English. That wasn’t always the case in history, simply because English didn’t appear on the scene until a long time after. The word of God was preserved in Hebrew and Aramaic among the Jews, then later in Greek among the New Testament churches. But even in Paul’s time, people had started messing with the word, see 2 Corinthians 2:17 (“we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God”). God does not limit himself to church history, he has his own schedule, so when “the fulness of the time was come” (Galatians 4:4) his perfect word appeared.
Two Weeks Left Edition>Old:>>24936611>Recommended reading charts (Look here before asking for vague recs):https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb>Archive:https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg>Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg
>no u!
Chuds please order books from Baen and stfu.
Just finished Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, and I have no clue why it isn't more popular. What an amazing series
>>24950505It's long, slow-paced and old. That's why.
>>24950505It was popular when it first came out. Not many series remain in the public consciousness for long, even great ones.
HAIL, /LITWHAT IS THE LOVE THAT PASSETH UNDERSTANDING? ANYONE?
>>24950166English speakers so obsessed with BBC they have it loud and proud displayed on the spine of volume II
>>24950215Reaching there
The love that dares not speak its name
The libretto is considered great poetry and drama of itself, accounted a masterpiece by manyLast week was Das Rheingold which covered the forging of the ring of power, its curse, and the jealousy and death that follows after the lust for itThis week is Die WalküreLink to discord server if you want to keep track of threadshttps://discord.gg/XhFGx57VKm
>>24950211What is the best way of experiencing The Ring cycle outside of seeing the opera live (while on significant mounts of MM)
>>24950211>muh discorddiscuss here or fuck off
What happened to Wagneranon? I liked his massive posts quoting an analysis on the Ring Cycle.
It's really weird that I was googling Der Ring des Niebelungen like half an hour before I saw this thread, which had already been up for hours. I had not scrolled through the catalog and therefore had not subconsciously picked up the idea. I was in another thread, someone asked about something related to damming, and I wanted to google what Götterdämmerung means. Then I read on about Der Ring des Niebelungen, and I actually got the idea to try to read the libretto. Then I go into the /lit/ catalog shortly after and this thread is there. I wonder though if OP was inspired by my posting of Wilhelm Tell and Lieder in this thread:>>24905503
>>24950425Finding a good recording you like and reading along to the libretto.Best performances of Wagner I've seen were literally stageless, just the performers with the orchestra in the background, though there was some basic interaction between them (including a rather funny one in Siegfried where Siegfried tapped the conductor on the shoulder when the flute was fucking up his attempt to speak to the bird)
What the FUCK was Stephen King thinking?
>>24933848Clearly he was thinking about kids having sex
>>24939568>Are you still my little girl?good movie
>>24936497that's like, bdsm
>>24939585>It does make sense in the context of the storyNo it doesn't.
>>24946769Fornication was considered a sin within Christendom.
How do you learn to philosophize? I read philosophy books but i never learn to philosophize. I never learn to use those fancy words like epistomoleogoogy; i only learn what they kinda mean but i never have a sure feeling of it and have to look it up all the time. Is philosophy only for high iq people? I feel utterly lost so much so i don't even bother to talk about it with other people.
>>24948338this except vedanta unironically op
scientific hobby doesn't help, because scientists seek special cases and exceptions to prove a general rule.A philosopher does not look for special cases, he is already baffled by the most mundane everyday observations. Fake philosophers try to imitate this by "challenging status quo". But the real thaumazein is pure and innocent perplexity, without hidden political objectives. Inb4 muh Nietzsche, muh everybody has hidden will to power subconsciously pre-selecting his new concepts. If that was the case, no original philosophies would exist. They are rare, but not inexistent.If you aren't naturally perplexed by everyday reality, don't try to philosophize, simple as
>>24948706>subconsciously pre-selecting his new concepts.Elaborate
>>24946026>doesn't know what a solenoid is >a spun piece of copper wireyou are retarded
>>24946724>human calculatorWhat do you "calculate" when proving that the union of any set of open sets is open? Or that every bounded sequence of reals has a convergent subsequence? Math is the interrogation of the properties of mathematical structures using reason, which is something you (hopefully) also use when studying philosophy >Mechanical descriptions are not philosophyIt is for most employed philosophers, but you are partially right. If you aren't really interested in logic or rigor you can safely ignore it, much like how the rest of the world can safely ignore you
This is horrifying. Is there a better way than Christianity to transcend this?
>>24948845there's a very thin delusion protecting us from total destruction
>>24950150So he has nothing to say
>>24948191>GirardWHOOPS! It's another episode of unoriginal thieving leftist French faggot steals 200yr old ideas and repackages them as new using different names an terms!!Sad!Keep it up, last week we had a Le Bon plagiarist with S&S, this week you unironically post Girard. I'm happy to do this with the entire French left, who are an embarrassment!
>>24948862>real philosophy No such thing.
>>24950501No one is praising the author, only the ideas presented are being referred to, who cares if the author isn't original
prev: >>24935706Erich Heckel edition
Why am I hungry all the time now.
>>24950234I think the purpose of most of these popular games is decision relief. Do this quest, grind this coin, save le world. This works well for aimless people with no responsibilities or who avoid responsibilities, since having clear choices relieves anxiety about the future. Once you get an actual life tho its like, that need no longer needs to be met. Same reason youre not jerking off every day either. Ultimately, games like these all should be thrown into the junkyard, in terms of how they affect the psyche they are just glorified slot machines.
>>24950398What was the last book you read before you dropped out of junior high?
>>24950507Fiction or non-fiction?
>>24950406crazy story. but honesty, what a great way to go. rather than like every other old forgotten hollywood veteran dying to a dull heart attack and two page obit; a murder mystery. go out with a headline.
