Assuming that you read, what do you read? Moreover, if so, why do you still come here?I write this as an oldfag that use to come here a lot since about 2013~-2019, but do not really browse anymore.Curiosity has me, as I'm sure there's still a handful of you that are /lit/, yet return to this place?
I just finished a couple Tom Robbins books, jitterbug and fierce invalids. I have Walter Russels 12 part home course and some of his books I was thinking about cracking into that but im already peak enlightened so it might be a waste of time. Political shit is fucking gay and boring.
>>542753773I don't read. I just buy books that look interesting to me then put them on my shelf and never pick them up again. The only time I read is scrolling 4chan.
>>542753773READING IS UNNATURAL
>>542754071Out of all the answers so far, you have the most reasonable comment. That said, that is fair. I know political/philosophical works are not the most entertaining for many. That's good that you read at all though, leafbro.
>>542754087me too.Git 'er.Dapp is valid. Didit.me does global IDs turnkey apparently (this is my current block.)Go for it.
I think I've read the same posts over and over for the past 2 weeks, I can't take this shit no more, man.
Hypersphers by Anonymous
I tried to read true grit but put it down because she said nice things about niggers.
>>542753773>Skinny books
>>542754427I have no idea what this means. I ain't clicking that shit, nigger.
Utilizing AI to read non-English books. Technology is amazing.
>>542753773Often I see text and I hallucinate text that is different from the original text. I saw this thread in the catalog and I read "What do I do now?" In the sense of: "I read all of it what should I do now in the real world", then I opened the thread and read it again and I realized it is actually "What do you read?"
>YockeyInteresting life
I got For My Legionaries from my church bookstore
>>542754071>Tom Robbins books, jitterbugI borrowed this from a girl and hated it. Wasn't meant to be
yeahh go sniff some if that dope
>>542754459This a common thing here?>>542755058That's honestly surprising, I assume you're OCA?>>542754427Is this place just full of spam bots now?>>542754573Some books are just printed speeches or essays.
https://pol.foundation/Library.html
the bible
why do I come here? news largely, and also there are bright anons here, courageous, honest, wise. we are the vanguard of our generation, of our societies
I read scifi and fantasy booksWhy get depressed with history and pop culture?
Believe it or not, the bible
>>542753773This is the current book.
>>542754071reminds me of this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1VBjneCbA
>>542756888Nice digits but you know I'm not clicking a random link on here without some kind of context. >>542756924At least you are reading something. What version are you reading?
>>542753773>What do you read?posts by retards shills and faggots mostly.
>>542756942Is it as good as it use to be? I last came for news over Covid and Syria's collapse.It is surprising that any intelligences can find itself here at this point. It's good but I do wonder what entices such. I grown out of this place, for the most part and just find the inane nature to be rather... bland.Interesting insights, nevertheless, anon^^
>>542756975Couldn't tell you on the latter. It just fascinates me, in all honesty. That's fair of an answer though. I need to read more fiction, admittedly, but it's interesting seeing so many sci-fi enjoyers in here.I need to read more of it, to be honest.
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>>542753773Was “for my legionaries” any good? I’ve been meaning to check it out, but have gotten mixed reviews by anons.
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>>542757046the Herder Einheitsübersetzung, it was the only one with all the Books they had at the thrift store - good enough I used to be an avid /lit/ goer but at some point I couldn't being myself to read these random people's glorified effortposts anymore, turns out that was because I needed to read the bible instead I do read a lot of supplementary material still, but just occasionally books I recently got and haven't fully read yet would be Screwtape by C.S.Lewis, introduced to the devout life by st. francis de sale, ofc the official catechism of the catholic church, the letters by st ignatius of antioche, summa theological by st. thomas aquinas, and so on and so forth what about you?
>>542757046>>542756888archive:https://archive.is/YVKn2>>542757149there is still plenty of light here, but there's a lot more noise too. pre 2015/16 most of the shills hadn't yet discovered/settled the place and it was better, sure. it was also before t_d came and zoomers who lack the discernment not to bump bait, etc.>It is surprising that any intelligences can find itself here at this point. It's good but I do wonder what entices such.there's still intelligence/light here, where else would we go? it's a free for all, anonymity preserves the purity of the place, without ego, etc.>inane>blandthere's always been less signal than noise, but the signal is worth it. I use a lot of filters, ~2/3rds of threads I don't see at any given time
>>542757149I was a /sg/ regular too, btw. it's moved onto /PIG/ Persian Israel General and there are generals for Ukraine too
>>542757837Fascinating, I cannot say I've heard of that edition before. That said, I cannot fault you for not fancying people's effort posts. Admittedly, I have not been privy to really any on here before. Much on the time, it is just juvenile drivel. Nevertheless, while I am no longer a man of the cloth, I respect that you're devoting your mental space to something that should be cultivating you. Interesting other reads though, theology has always been my weak spot. I wanted to go more, when I was younger, but I just never had the mind to devote myself to it. My lack of full devotion, as well, I found to be troubling, due to it developing incongruent lines of thinking..Regardless, as for things I've been reading, currently, I'm going back through Reflections On Violence by Georges Sorel, thusfar, I'm honestly not too.. inspired? I need to finish it, I got some 80 pages to go but it has largely just been rambling about contemporary Socialist politics in France just shy of WW1. Outside of that, I'm aiming to do a deeper dive into other Syndicalist movements from both sides in Spain. So I plan on reading about the CNT/FAI but also the JONS. Conquest Of The State finally got translated, so I'm hyped to read it.
>>542758125Yeah, I miss /sg/. I use to browse since about 2015. The reclamation of the country was truly a spectacle to watch in real time.I figured Iran would eventually get it's own thing. Tbh, after the fall of Syria, I just overall stopped caring about the Axis, unpopular opinion but I feel like they all literally just killed themselves and I dunno. They all wanted shares of Syria anyway. I have more I can commentate on Russia but eh. That conflict is another can of worms that I'm rather indifferent on. I did lose someone close to me in Ukraine though, tragically.
>>542758558I'm sorry to hear that you lost somone close to you in Ukraine. war is hell.Iran is a continuation of Syria, really, and many of the same regulars and shills are there. the influence of superpowers, the underlying Muslim/Israel tension/conflict brewing. armageddon and ww3 are developing togetherIf I'm being honest and contemplative, what bothers me most about this board is its lack of seriousness. many people here see the world is unraveling but very few people seem to want to do anything meaningful about it.I was on /lit/ too, btw, for a year or two ~ before /pol/ was created in 2011
>>542758440by glorified effort posts I meant book, lol I feel like you might actually be in a similar spot as I was to be honest, I could no longer pretend to care about things like "rambling about contemporary Socialist politics in France just shy of WW1", it felt like every fiber of my being rejected being fed such pointless nonsense I also couldn't bring myself to read theological works before fully devoting myself to the faith this makes me wonder what's standing in your way there because it sounds like you've eyed it before and have come very close - what gives?
OP here, switched to my computer as I just got back from work>>542758104I'm honestly impressed there is any light to be had at all here, to be frank.>pre 2015/16 most of the shills hadn't yet discovered/settled the place and it was better, sure. it was also before t_d came and zoomers who lack the discernment not to bump bait, etc.Spot on with that. I do miss those days. This place just gotten flooded with a cesspool of shit and I just lost interest. That and well, I got new intellectual pursuits as I was growing more and I found all the juvenile speech here to just not mesh with me anymore. None of it offends me, rather, I can just only stomach so many mental rot at a time anymore before I lose interest.>there's still intelligence/light here, where else would we go? it's a free for all, anonymity preserves the purity of the place, without ego, etc.There isn't explicably a better place to go, per-se, I migrated to twitter mostly but I wouldn't say it's the land brightness or anything. Ironically, I've hated the site ever since Elon taken it over, as I find that the bar of quality dropped significantly. While censorship is fake and gay, I do think the algorithms also kind of just filtered out all the bottomfeeders that make low effort posts on anything.>I use a lot of filters, ~2/3rds of threads I don't see at any given timeThere's filters? Either I never toyed with such before or that's new. Interesting though. That would definitely raise the bar, I would hope. I miss when there was a bit more things on here worthwhile.
Technical manuals and fiction. Philosophy seems to be for bossy murderers. Especially political philosophy
>>542755314>Is this place just full of spam bots now?Yeah, a solid 80% of 4chan's traffic gotta be bots at this point
>>542753773>fascism>fascism>fascism>fascismremember what happened last time loser
>>542758763>I'm sorry to hear that you lost somone close to you in Ukraine.Thanks, it's been rough.>war is hell.It very much is. It's bizarre watching the stuff online and having some stake in things then having it become personal. Overall, this Russo-Ukraine conflict has just been a somber one for me, even despite such. I feel like it was an overall dumb play by Russia that just ruined a real lot. There was a paradigm shift there and now we have nothing but broken communities everywhere, new attitudes, and overall loss of young life for really nothing.>Iran is a continuation of Syria, really, I mean, I'd figure that much. I guess I just have a rather unorthodox approach to the conflict. I was more invested into Syria because of what it was, rather than just solely counter-acting Israel or whatever. I think the Ba'athist experiment was an overall good thing for Arabs but alas, I could ramble forever.>and many of the same regulars and shills are there.I wouldn't expect any less of JIDF kekThat said, I don't really see this conflict amounting to much more of anything else. I've grown pessimistic and my conclusive thoughts have been that Iran will continue to just slap Israel periodically, while barking, then inevitably die as it has been. I don't really see it escalating into WW3.>If I'm being honest and contemplative, what bothers me most about this board is its lack of seriousness. many people here see the world is unraveling but very few people seem to want to do anything meaningful about it.It is things of that nature that turned off of the site. It's just overall unserious and full of nonsense. It's hard to get real discussions, let alone, people motivated to meaningfully do anything and try and shoot for change. Somehow.>I was on /lit/ too, btw, for a year or two ~ before /pol/ was created in 2011Good shit, it's nice seeing fellow oldfags still milling about. I was a /b/tard still at that time.
>>542759094I'm getting works by Lenin soon (What Is To Be Done?, State And Revolution), and I am currently dipping my toes into reading on various Anarchist/Syndicalist movements. That said, I'm not really adherent to any one ideology. I'm generally a Syndicalist of a more National variety but you'd prolly confuse me as a LeftCom, had we engaged seriously.Fascism was just a long studied part of my education over the passed decade but as were other ideologies as well.
>>542758845filters are not new, in the catalog I mean. I've been here forever, I don't have the desire to constantly argue social issues anymore. I did that in my 20s - abortion, women, gays, racism, ecelebs, party politics, trump, and any number of other threads I've seen hundreds of times before.I am mostly here for news, largely geopolitics/war. but every once in a while you see a compelling/interesting thread still. I will still comment on social issues too if a thread makes it through my filter, but I mostly just hit and run, make a post and close the thread. in earlier years I would spend hours arguing with people and it's largely just a waste of time and getting riled up and it's not worth it. most people don't change their minds. sure the truth is important, even against stubborn or dishonest people it has power, but ultimately culture changes due to greater forces/events at work, time conditions, and I have obligations in the real world, I can't just be fucking around arguing on the internet all day anymore
>>542758969That is honestly tragic, given I seen this place way before such. Feels like a corpse not realizing it is dead yet, in that respect.>>542758800>by glorified effort posts I meant book, lolOhhh, my bad!Regarding the second bit, I'm not sure how to explain it. I am a man of the material world but I am not a materialist, rather, I am more invested in the living plain and our future, than I am the afterlife. Irresponsible, yes, when it comes to religion. But I'm unsure how to transcribe to you about my falling out. Like, for start, I did generally take it seriously but political things always just fascinated my brain more. Which would kind of serve as an underlying issue, future wise. I didn't "lose my religion" in some atheistic sense and I'd generally consider myself a Deist, I just don't really fixate on religion at this point. While bold, I feel like I ascertained what I needed to generally learn in order to build up principles but.. I was never fully in it either. How do I put this? I opted out because I wasn't giving it my all. Religiously, I believe that I should be putting the Church above all else, but I found myself coming at odds with the Church on various things. I don't call myself a Christian because I do not devote myself to Christ in full, ergo, I feel I'd be insincere. I find, over my years in politics, that most do not take is seriously or use it as some political drape, in which they will contradict continuously. I'd rather give it my 100% or not. The latter won out.TL;DR, politics, philosophy, and the material plain fascinate me more than the afterlife. Theology just didn't enamor me as much as politics did, so I acted in honesty towards it and myself. Moreover, I've just grown more progressive on issues and I don't think I can reconcile them with the Church. I also think bending the Church makes it invalid, so yeh.Hopefully that gives some coherent answer? I'd be happy to elaborate further.
>>542759300>filters are not new, in the catalog I meanYeah, that's what I figured. I guess I just didn't think of it at the time and gotten disinterested before I could realize their fullest application.>I don't have the desire to constantly argue social issues anymore. I did that in my 20s - abortion, women, gays, racism, ecelebs, party politics, trump, and any number of other threads I've seen hundreds of times before.That's a good, healthy, perspective to have reached. I did all the same, like you stated, for hundreds of times, countless threads and hours, and largely for what? It's all anonymous and moot anyway. Needless to say, I've been hitting that point as I draw ever nearer to hitting 30. I guess the only contrast here, is that I effectually moved on from 4chan. Just not in that lame way that people pose about. I simply don't find the same entertainment I once had.Genuinely, I am intrigued that news is even worthwhile here anymore. Perhaps I keep my nose abroad enough, to generally just keep up without needing this place anymore but I dunno. I just haven't even felt that compulsion to return for news. Not unless it's particularly nuanced in some weird way, I suppose. That all being said, I'm sure there is still utility if you have some stance on a matter. The board should prolly give a more predictable output you're seeking otherwise. For me, I feel like I've generally been taught enough on here to be able to discern bullshit when I see it, myself. Just requires effort, I suppose.Regardless, yeah.. I know that feeling all too well. Knowing when to chime in and just not, is a good thing. There is nothing in this life worth bickering over with someone who's very rigid and narrowminded. If their mind is already decided, there's no arguing to be had there. It's why I always hated debates, rather, I love discussion. I find it more insightful and overall enticing.
>>542753773I have recently finished reading Boccaccio's Decameron (in English translation), a collection of comic tales told by young men and women who have fled the plague in Florence and are attempting to pass the time. I suspect /pol/acks will find many of the themes in the book congenial: it is full of wayward, impulsive women, scheming and lustful priests, gullible and simpy husbands. I have also read an anthology of much of the source material Boccaccio used (fabliaux). I encourage you all to read this material, as it will give you an understanding of what people in the Middle Ages actually thought, which as a heads up, bears no resemblance whatsoever to the sentimental, chivalric view that today's "conservatives" are ignorantly attempting to impose retroactively on European history. See the following links:https://z-library.sk/book/d5R02bMAvp/the-decameron.htmlhttps://z-library.sk/book/VOwzqez0v3/the-fabliaux.html
>>542759098Ukraine is Nato vs Russia, it really is ww3 developing, as Russia has indicated numerous times, and some people in the West have admiited as wellIran is some contrived power play by Trump to fuck over China and rebalance the middle east, and I have a feeling the americans believe it is manageable, like playing a game, and I have a feeling the Iranians and the Russians who are helping them do not consider it a game at all, and europe/usa will be hit hard soon too. the war is coming home, I imagine Putin plans to move around winter, russians historically use winter to their advantage. it will happen when the weather coolsI do think ww3 is developing. and I do think this board is capable of doing meaningful things, it just needs some guidance. reminds me of what Kaczynski (one of the books in your OP) wrote:>the raw material for a real revolutionary movement does exist: There are people with sufficient passion and commitment who are willing to take risks and make great sacrifices. Only a few able leaders would be needed to form this raw material into an effective movement.I guess that's my job. I have some ideas coming soon, hopefully.>I was a /b/tard still at that time.same, but also /lit/, /sci/, and I explored /r9k/ for a while too, less anarchic than /b/ but too depressing. /pol/ has the right temperament and more focused, unlike /b/, and with filters I focus it more. ideally there would be a better site, cleaner, less noisy, but I don't see one. I do read Israeli social media (rotter), which is an improvement on /pol/ in some ways, eg. duplicate threads are merged, so just less spam, and they are more civil with each other, but it's not anonymous either, plus only Israelis can post there. and I like the wild freedom here too, we just need to put it to good use, gather together, and get the hell out of here before it's too late
>>542759064>What I needed to be reading was human psychology. Edward Barnays PropagandaExcellent book there, and supremely underrated. I remember learning from it back in 2018. Honestly insane how little people realize just how much the world as it interacts with us, is downstream of his influences on things.Regarding the latter bit, I don't have the technical knowhow to properly comment on much of that, but it was fascinating to read and see that someone on here even engages in such activities.Regarding LLMs, I largely use em for parsing through something to find what I am looking for, when need be. That or I guess mulling over ideas, similar but not quite to you. Largely running it by it, to see if try and correlate my thoughts with something or whatever. They're overall useful as a tool but nothing to do thinking explicitly for you.That all said, you got some good reads in there as well. I need to go back and read some fiction myself, if I'm to be honest.
>>542753773This bookshelf is so edgy I have to stitch my cut wounds now and start rebuliding Warsaw again.
getting onto /lit/ 7 or so years ago really killed my interest in retarded /pol/ shit but i still come here both out of habit, and because its nice to keep my finger on the pulse of things sometimes
I just finished the 4 volume memoires of Paul Barras of the French Revolutionary Directorate en Francais. AI was invaluable in fleshing out the most vague references to affairs of the day.Now I've started the Memoirs of Saint Simon, a vast diary of the court at Versailles under Louis XIV. Also en Francais. I like to get stoned and read. Also reading tons of French has bootstrapped me into speaking and understanding French. I can read it fluently and don't have to look up words much more than I do for English.
>>542759618eh, I enjoy debates and arguing, I'm up for a fight, it's just pointless and tedious to be fighting for hours and hours, just not a good utilization of time and energy.I enjoy a serious civil discussion too, we used to have more of that here. these phone addled younger generations have no attention span, they can't hold a thought more than a fleeting second, our culture is in deep shit.
>>542754087Everyone does this.
>>542754580>I ain't clicking that shit, nigger.You have no idea what amazing adventures you're missing out on. You might feel terrified at the time, but looking back, you'll be grateful you experienced them. It's a wild ride, that's for sure.
>>542757067Those are my bible.
>>542759830+ shills largely don't argue in depth or in good faith, it's mostly just demagoguery
>>542759764Do you have any good reads on Piłsudski? I want to read more on him. I'd read some Dmowski but he hasn't really been translated.Even though this is low effort bait, much of what I read isn't really edgy at all but rather mundane compared to the other retarded shit you could read.
>>542753773books, book, i need muh books
Just did a keyword search for "trivium" and got zero results for this thread. You fags disgust me. I'm never reading /pol/ again! GOODBYE!
>>542759784Ironically, I never really browsed /lit/, even despite my increased knack for reading probably related materials. I probably did miss out there. Though, I have heard murmurs that the place is largely just some larpy place where you're expected to read the boards suggested reads or some shit. I dunno.I only really came to /pol/ tonight because I was bored and seeking chatter while at work.
>>542759830I find it to be more rejuvenating to 'debate' in some earnest discussion. But, I cannot disagree they can be fun at times. If you're more educated about a matter than some idiot and you can put him in his place, it can be amusing at times.>I enjoy a serious civil discussion too, we used to have more of that here. these phone addled younger generations have no attention span, they can't hold a thought more than a fleeting second, our culture is in deep shit.I could not possibly agree more without just reiterating more of the same but preach there. I don't really get kicks out of all the mundane filler. Genuine discussion is more attention grabbing to me than just uttering nigger or some other gobbledygook for the umpteenth time.
>>542760000Dmowski is only "Myśli Nowoczesnego Polaka", which funnily enough bashes already on retarded MAGA type nationalist in Poland in 1903 and calls them out for being pussies and hindrance to society. But it was also redacted through his life. He started as Deist and at death bed ended up Catholic and angsty because Piłsudski stole his bitch who didn't want him (typical incel).As for Piłsudski nothing I know in English.If you want objective view on history of Poland then Norman Davies "God's Playground" where he doesn't jack off to catholic church nor commies nor nationalists, but points out what was done good and what was complete retardation from polish side. Even expands on things they do not teach in Polish School i.e. who fucked over idea of Liberum Veto and that it wasn't so simple till one bought by Russia noble started fucking country by abusing it and refusing to elaborate(which before him was a must to fill veto, but this part never was codified).And if you want fascist thingy. Plato "Republic", Han Fei Zi "basic writings" or "severe code of legalist".
>>542759703My bad, I accidentally missed this reply.I know this is cliché but I'll believe it when I see, in respects to things massively escalating. I don't disagree that Ukraine is NATO v Russia though. However, I do believe we're also just using Ukraine as a proxy to study modern warfare. This has developed substantially and greatly changed many armies in consequence.If Russia dared to make a massive move against Europe, Russia would fold immediately. If Putin is intelligent, he'd know better than to make a larger shitshow beyond Ukraine. I don't say this as some NAFOtard, rather, given the conflict in Ukraine, it's evident that Russia isn't as mighty as they put themselves out to be prior to the conflict. Rather, have shown their ass to the world, unfortunately. That said, I think Trump is just trying to make a lot of artificial conflicts to just sporadically come in, try and win, then dip on. Issue is, Iran is lasting longer than I think he bargained for. Moreover, he knows that if we land over there, he is thoroughly cooked in terms of long term clout.>I do think ww3 is developing. and I do think this board is capable of doing meaningful things, it just needs some guidance.I don't inherently disagree the board can get things done, I mean shit, we coordinated a strike against ISIS once in here. Anything is possible, just a matter of people locking in and getting more serious, rather than spastically shitposting forever.>Only a few able leaders would be needed to form this raw material into an effective movement.That is the issue we are currently dealing with, I believe. Revolutionary action is viable, to whichever degree, the issue is that everyone is either followers or retards who worship dead people from a century ago, as if it'll do anything. Ergo, people put their energies in the wasteful things, rather than trying to be the change they wish to see.(1/2)
>>542759703>>542760593That said, I too, have been generally cooking but I'm not really sure at where or what point I'll be making some notable move. Needless to say, I'm aiming joining up with the DSA and see what I can ascertain in there. Yeah, I know, probably sounds retarded to most on here but I see where the wave is heading and they're picking up any good orator they can muster. So if you got the brains, and oration skills, you may be able to carve something out in there. Idk, I can yammer on but I'll save the grandiose ambitions speech for when they materialize.>same, but also /lit/, /sci/, and I explored /r9k/ for a while too,/r9k/ I never got the appeal of any I'm too late to even humor the place, as it has seemingly been gentrified into something else. Every board, for me, has seemingly lost it's entire identity and I cannot find entertainment anymore. That said, what you mention on the latter sounds interesting, in regards to the other place you know of.I don't really have any meaningful alternatives outside of this place, I just know I'm tired of the cyber realm of things.
>>5427537733/4 through Blood Meridian this week.
>>542753773suck niggercocks you faggot"i read hence i am better than you"yea sure fuck off. reading is not something to be used as a brag. even if you soaked up all the knowledge of the world, the way you use it, shows you will never be more than a simpleton.
>>542760394>If you want objective view on history of Poland then Norman Davies "God's Playground" I'll keep that book in mind then for future reading. While it isn't my center-focus anymore, I am Polish diaspora, so it'd be fun to go read more into. For what I know of Dmowski, he was certainly interesting. More convoluted than a glossary look and I wish I had more to access on the guy. Pilsudski, I find also to be really cool and I have rough understandings of his politics but wish to learn more. It's unfortunate how much is either just polarized or not translated to English.Also I'm surprised someone on here is actually suggesting anything on the Legalists. They're a group I had a partial interest in at a time but never deeply dug into.
>>542760789Forgot pic if anons want to pick up a copy get this one it is unedited.
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>>542760955Nice digits, regarding the books they don't really suit my fancy. I cannot speak for others but I fell out with fixation on the JQ years ago.
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>>542760593>>542760734all good. I agree with you about Russia's relative lack of strength, but they still possess tremendous destructive/military power, and they have an axe to grind. Putin likes to operate in the shadows. attacks in the West are already occurring, many of them, they're just unattributed/deniableI expect the same will continue but the severity of the attacks will reach the cities and begin to seriously disrupt social order/functionthis is somewhat reciprocal, given how much the West has devastated Russian oil and refinery output, but I expect it will get worse. I also think there's a chance belarus/russia moves in on ukraine in a serious way soon too, Putin has been talking about ending the waras for organization, I don't intend an actual revolution, as perhaps kaczynski did. I see us all on a sinking ship, mutiny on a sinking ship is retarded, redundant and self-defeating. I don't think the left will prevail here, as much as they would like to and perhaps the media would like them to. I expect the war will escalate and the right will consequently further entrench themselves in power, but it's hard to say. left/right is somewhat artificial these days, Trump himself was a lifelong Democrat, and most Democrats are corporatists, both sides compromise to spend money everywhere, and the country is going bankruptback to the point, revolution in the sense of the acknowledging the system is unsustainable, and the dangers/risks, and fundamentally transforming the way we live in the world. as obama said, "leave the world behind", to abandon the world for the Ark, as Noah did. or to abandon the sinking ship for the lifeboats>I just know I'm tired of the cyber realm of things.we'll have to leave the cyber realm soon too, it is weaponizable.https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/540500720/#q540507656
>>542753773>what do you read?My favorite, Myth of Sysiphus
>>542761135Indirect attacks, and finances, I have no doubts. That I certainly can agree on. I just don't see a proper military action. I do wonder, nonetheless, on Putin's genuine endgame. There's a lot of talk but y'know, can't exactly just take him at his word on everything.Well yeah, in respects in revolution, I just meant it in a broader usage of the term. Revolution inasmuch as there is goals for proper change. However that materializes. That said, I don't think the ship is so much sinking at this point, rather than it is a thing on the brink of rematerializing into something new. The Republicans are as good as dead, soon as Trump's term ends. They'll be fighting to try and fill Trump's void. I suspect the AF types will be the next big thing for them. Regarding Dems, the DSA is on the ascendant. They're booming more than they ever have been and from my understanding, most Dems are sick of Status Quo Democrats and want non-containment Left, to take over the Dems. Thus you have Mamdani and many other characters gaining popularity and power. The DSA, in other words, is likely to supercede the DNC. Dems seem to be moving towards "New Deal" ideology which seems promising.While it isn't ideal or "endgoal" for me, I'm open to New Deal policy and drastic overhaul of our system. That all being said, the world as we known it is already and is on the brink of transformation. Just a matter of what really. I suspect it'll take a decade to fully see, so it'll take a bit of time, given how things go.>we'll have to leave the cyber realm soon too, it is weaponizable.Given the propensity to decimate any form of anonymity and the like, yeah, we'll be forced off here one way or the other. Unless you're into all the autistic tech stuff.(Apologies if I don't cover every topic, I'm just trying to keep myself from writing walls of text to everything as I tend to yap too much.)
>>542753773Reading is for nerds, lol. I only fuck bitches and get my dick sucked.
>>542761488enjoy your syphilis, I'll enjoy my story of sisyphus.
>>542753773Leo Strauss shelf
>>542759406I agree, I also don't think it would make much sense to try to devout yourself to the church if you're at odds with some aspects of it, although I think being at odds doesn't necessarily mean they are irreconcilable forever, in fact, I was at odds with most of what the church stands for for most of my life, it took me many years to finally come around now I'm curious, you say you've grown more progressive and thus even more incompatible with church doctrine, can you elaborate what you've grown more progressive on or in general, which parts of church doctrine you're at odds with? I also think that an interest in politics and religious devotion can easily go hand in hand, I actually think you can't really look at one without the other because they are so deeply intertwined or do you think you had to chose because being interested in worldly affairs can't exist alongside striving for the kingdom in heaven?
>Apologies if I don't cover every topic, I'm just trying to keep myself from writing walls of text to everything as I tend to yap too muchall good, I tend to do the same. I do see the impulse for a larger welfare state, some form of UBI probably, the push from the left, I just don't know if civilization will be around to reach that point. competing and mutually exclusive possible futures/directionsNewsom is a charsimatic guy, I think he has a good chance of being elected if everything stays sane for the next 2 years. I don't think the DSA types are viable nationally. in NYC is one thing, but I doubt the arab running for senate in Michigan will win, maybe I'm wrong. the party out of power tends to elevate more extreme voices, but when it comes to winning national elections they need someone who appeals more broadly, who will attract corporate money, cynically, who will have the support of the corporate national press, etc. there are a lot of establishment actors baked in who reinforce the status quo. Trump was fairly exceptional in that regard, but he also had his own money to spend + russian bots helping online. plus he was already a household name, fairly moderate on the radioactive issues like abortion and gays, on the right side of the immigration debate and where most of the country was, and the left was a mess (they ran 2 obnoxious liberal women against him)at this point it will be vance in the case where the war escalates or some other national/global crisis, or newsom if things are stable enough>Unless you're into all the autistic tech stuff.no, but I'm looking into it. Ham radio seems useful, a way to communicate even if/when internet goes downnow it is past my bedtime, good talking anon, take care, goodnight
>>542757571>"...National fanaticism, indeed, was not yet extinguished; but it burnt itself completely out in the vigorous insurrection led by Bar-Cocheba..."Again, how is that written in greek?
>>542753773>why do you still come hereif i go on other social media, liberals ban me for being leftist
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>>542762018>newsomehe's establishment trash. he also dated a 19 yo when he was a mayor in his 30s, which is based but virtue signallers will screech too much and too loud>DSA types are not viableprobably not. that retard woman that god on fox was just ragebaiting. she said no more prisons when she should have said no more for profit prisons. we don't live in a patriarchy either.
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Lately pic related, because I don't want to think after work and fairy smut is easy to digest.Ive also been reading dune chapterhouse and some history when my brain isn't fried from working too much.
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>>542762581Wretched of the Eartha few science booksa lot of comic books
>>542760860>Also I'm surprised someone on here is actually suggesting anything on the Legalists. They're a group I had a partial interest in at a time but never deeply dug into.The whole bunch of Chinese philosophy is interesting regarding state governing, from Confucius, thorugh MoZi and Xunzi to Han Fei Zi.I.e. there is story of Xun Zi (if I remember right, I was doing political reading >10 years ago and stopped it because it is pointless in "democracy") where he goes to supervise a farm, correts farmers what they should do, and angry farmer goes on him "if you would hel us this would be done faster but you are lazy magistrate" and he responds "I could help you physically, I know how to help you physically, I've done my farming job, but I have 100 other farms to attend to tell them what to do so crops do not fail and we do not starve. Can you do the same for me while I plow this field?" Itfits with Confucian "everyone should know thei place".And if you want sort of sad reading take anything about Ibn Khaldun and his raise and fall of empires (I'v eread book by Hamit Bozarslan about it) to see where the USA and West are going with the whole migration crisis, which is absolutely nothing new as Ibn Khaldun records that before the collapse of empires there was always migration crisis of people who wanted to get rich, but didn't share empire's virtues. And the most dangerous were the groups that actually shared other virtues (asabiya) and just used empire to get rich and spread their own way of life. Which resulted in fall of empire, because their way of life never produced an empire for a reason.
>>542762581Why are you spamming goyslop?
>>542762521I tough it was Heinlein looking at miniature. I am dissappointed.
>>542753773Herodotus PlatoThe secret teachings of all agesI come here mostly to say things that people would like to disprove but cannot.I also read all the "propagandists" and occasionally come here to see if I can influence happenings.Which I have.Published "scientific" papers.Mostly to spread truth as an Oracle of Apollo.Depends on the mood really.
>>542761948I get what you mean with the first bit. Naturally, one would come around but it's a weird inversion. I found two differing parts of me at conflict and one won out.To elaborate further, I'll direct it into the following question.I will preface that this isn't really me attempting to convince you or anyone, rather it's just a internal discrepancy I have than it is outside of me.With that out of the way, I'll attempt and give a general rundown. I cannot pinpoint where or when it began but it's multifold. A big pivotal point had to do with some paranormal type encounter I experienced back in 2022~ maybe 21, where I woke up paralyzed and heard this disembodied... aggressive breathing over me. It felt like some sort of demonic thing or Lord knows what else, but this happened twice in one morning to me and weirdly after that, I feel like I was severed from my capacity to be sensitive to anything denoting to the paranormal or afterlife. Yes, this sounds schizo but it plays part. Naturally, if you're religious, you're ought to have some form of relationship with these concepts. It's just kind of gone from me and I feel it impact my capacity for interest in the like. That, specifically, was some tipping point but I wouldn't say it was my *reason*.Outside of that though, I had my own assortment of contentions. Firstly, my politics have grown incongruent with it. I inherently believed in two different Totalitarian precepts that didn't exactly align with each other. Catholicism and my belief in, Revolutionary Statist politics. Over the years that I read deeper into Fascism, I've grown to realize how wrong my Reactionary outlook was prior. As for the fact contemporary understanding of the ideology is so backward. While I don't expressly take the moniker of "Fascist", my framework by which I interact with the world, is through it. So that is to say, I've changed many views on things. I'm not really adherent to Tradition for Tradition's sake. (1/2)
>>542762789OP asked a question. i answered it. congrats, you are now on social media. any other questions?>>542762817heinlein, like every right wing "libertarian" in the u.s., was just a fascist and starship troopers was a fascist treatise
>>542760955I liked them but I'm banned on my other devices.
>>542761948>>542758800>>542756924You sound like someone who couldn't bear the fact that he is not important and that world doesn't spin around him after reading political books, so you ended up in your fantasy fairyland of jewish theology which does not change the world around you in any bit, the same as political reading and discussing socialist policies of pre WW1 France. But it makes you feel important and in safespace of being right. But it is all delusions, especially with you jew worshippers who never ever take a read anything on other religions and just double down on jew worship. You will not be saved by magicall jew on a white horse. It is more probable than some jew on T34 tank will just sieze your means of production and let you starve or just shoot you dead though.
>>542763193And what was fascist in Luna is the Harsh Mistress or Stranger in the Stange Land or in Job A Comedy of Justice?If having a spine and keeping your morals despite circumstances is fascist for you then even Jesus Christ was a fascist(jewish one at that as he repeadetly said he only cares about Israelis).
>>542757518> But created with articulate speech. Barely.
>>542753773Most recently?>internet shitposts, the news, other webpages>paperwork, lists, ephemera>Mein Kampf/My Struggle the "Stalag Edition". Close to half of it if I'm being honest. Do not recommend, it's a fucking slog and I assume it's better if you know German and can read the original or find a better translation. However it's an interesting artifact in itself supposedly being an official English release given to POWs during WW2, uses a fair amount of antiquated English words and terms.>pages from a KJV Bible, can't even be fucked picking it up to tell you cunts which version or publisher. Painful to read and understand, no way modern Christian larpers read this. I'd be open to suggestions for better translations, preferably without the injection of some academic/translators political bias or the use of words which alter the meaning of passages severely. Would also be interested in other desert trilogy books too.>many other books I either started but never finished since adulthood>many books I did read and finished as a child, actually used to enjoy reading a lot. Read a lot of Australian literature that any ausfag would be aware of but also in hindsight a lot of American stuff, even liked HOLES though I'm now aware of the Authors early life and the whole story being racially charged. I just liked the whole idea of digging fucking holes and discovering jars of sweet onions atop a hill.>in hindsight how the fuck did Scholastic get away with holding so called bookfares, how do they still?Any of you also have tips for looking after books? My old-newish ones have pretty bad foxing and I don't want to fuck up new ones I'll be acquiring when I start reading properly again. Books like most products seem to have been better made last century.
>>542761869Too bad I'm at the gym, I'd love to post pictures of my covers.
>>542761948>>542763132Ergo, since I am not in favor of the Church & State fusing, it creates two different entities that will naturally conflict over seeking interest in influencing the population. In short, my allegiances would be with the State over the Church. Naturally, it's hard for me to extrapolate on this as it's highly relative to hypotheticals or contexts. Regarding progressive things, it's largely positions I may conflict with Reactionaries on. I'm not like a bleedheart Progressive, but I'm either lenient on things like abortion, death penalty, but also in favor of LGBT Rights, or maintaining equal opportunity/right for women. There are likely other things I could list but I need to sleep here soon. It's hard to really outline it with a spotlight than it's just a matter of allegiances where they clash.Moving forward, I do not disagree that politics and religion aren't necessarily incompatible. It's just a matter of values. However, I do believe that unless Symphonia is achieved between Church and State, they'll forever be bound to contradict eventually, as I see the State as an influencing actor on the population. Many things are all relative, nonetheless. I'm not really satisfied with my answer so sorry on the quality of it.>do you think you had to chose because being interested in worldly affairs can't exist alongside striving for the kingdom in heavenI'm just overarchingly more concerned about the here and now, on top of the world our descendants inherit, rather than fixating on afterlife affairs. While yes, I know that's the point, I just feel that it's a thing I'd rather confront when I am there. Perhaps irresponsible but I accept whatever awaits me. God is ought to be the ultimate judge of us all, when we meet him.(2/2)
>>542763366>job a comedy of justicedoesn't that literally involve christianity as the foundation of the story?>stranger in a strange land>criticizing a caricature of government, stateit's a federation, not nationalism. heinlein would rather be nationalist than international humanitarian
>>542761400see>>542762018somehow didn't click your post to replystill not in bed yet, was finishing up some workI will check the thread when I wake up, goodnightand one more after this for 14
>>542753773getting through a recently released volume of Leibniz's philosophical papers, finished the first half this summer. before that, finished "instancology - an outline of the study of ontology and the Absolute". two volumes, some very poor editing, but very strong concepts.using AI as reading partner and basis for knowledge bank, i want it to have all of the niche text im interested in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGybpow2co
>>542762018With respects to the DSA nationwide bit, I don't think they'll get the National just yet. I believe it'll be more of a creep, wherein, as they get more positions and garner more appeal, they'll eventually become the mainstream new mainstay.I don't think Vance even stands a chance at being voted in, I have not seen anything really suggesting that he's got a favorable view at all by people. He seems to lack aura or really any meaningful voice. But that's just my own perception. Newsome or some other newcomer will likely run up next. All I do know is that I do not believe the Reps will be winning the MidTerms, more importantly, the next election cycle. Given this admin, I find that most are disinterested and disappointed. There does exist some bleedhearts still but it's largely a boomer phenomena or that class of people barely effected by Trumps retardation.Ham radio is always a classic avenue. Outside of that, Linux and various other encrypted mediums are just a headache to navigate. Which I guess I'll be crossing that road when we get there.That said, it is passed my bedtime as well, as I got work soon as I wake up. It was good chatting with you as well, Anon and I hope you end up resting well^^Thank you for accompanying me and giving me some chatter here, as I haven't had it in almost a decade here.
>>542753773YouTube: interesting books reviewed, tell Mitch I said hello.
>>542763822>doesn't that literally involve christianity as the foundation of the story?And? Foundation of Christianity is Judaism and stories from various other religions. What does it change in the story? What do you try to say here? You do not even know how story unfolds at the end and who becomes the good guy.>heinlein would rather be nationalist than international humanitarianSo you've never read anything from Heinlen and about Heinlein and the only thing you know about him is the movie Starship Troopers.PS. Heinlein helped Philip K. Dick financially despite Dick being full fledged liberal antifascist whose ideology for Heinlein was completely stupid and the two of them never met and never knew each other personally. This is your "nationalist" and completely "not humanitarian".Who in fact was more humanitarian in his deeds and philosophy than any of the fucking jew worshippers on pol.
Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat with y'all more but I need to hit the hay. It is awfully late but thank you for all that stopped by to chat tonight.It was fun getting conversation in with other chill people over the hours. I didn't know it was still possible on this site, but apparently so. So that was refreshing. Hope all of you enjoy the rest of your week and whatever else you get up to. Cheers!
>>542753773Where did you pick up that edition of Imperium?
>>542753773>>542763653>Moreover, if so, why do you still come here?Habit and I feel uncomfortable trying to find anything else in the sea of shit currently flooding the web. When I do come here it's mostly lurking for a short period before fucking off. Feels like the web in general has been dead for years at this point; I never really got into social media and I'm not about to get into the normalfags walled gardens, including degenerates and their discords and whatever other services. It's come to pass that all these pricks now require ID anyway due to government legislation. It's unforgivable what massive corporations, governments, and normalfag cattle have done.
>>542760955The evils of televangelism and how modern bible belters got indoctrinated by the Schofield Reference Bible. Basically has a study guide built in that gives you pro zog propaganda.
>>542764154ThisI'm thinking of becoming Amish
>>542753773The last book i read was the book of mormon, but i didnt finished it to the end, i read it till the book of helaman.
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>>542764063>YouTube: interesting books reviewedGood channel
>>542764115good night Op, I'll pray for you, so the sleep paralysis demons don't get you this time
I collect old books from charity shops for nuggets of old wisdom and intelligence before society was completely pozzed
>>542753773Latest books over the past few years are Normandy 44, Anti Tech Revolution:Why and How, pretty much anything by Neil Postman (the socially acceptable Ted Kaczynski). The Once and Future King series by T.S. Elliot.I think most people just grow up and out of this place. You figure out what actually has bearing on the world around you, and you get older and more mature, and you leave here.
>>542764171It's funny how many people say this even in Australia and I assume other parts of the English speaking world. Like the Amish aren't some unique ethno-relgious group exclusively in North America. If I were American, Protestant-Anabaptist-Christian-Whatever fucking branch, spoke a strange dialect of German, and were willing to give up cars and electricity I sure a shit would try to. Seems like a better way of living than being some atomised loser hooked into all these various systems of control.
>Structured Computer Organization (2012)Does anyone have any better more modern computer architecture book? I’m currently going through picrel and found out that the technologies mentioned are old such as DDR3 being the latest at the time.
>>542764799I'd unironically recommend talking to AI. Computing is still too much of a frontier technology to have an authoritative book beyond something very entry level, and AI is very good at inferring defacto standards across a broad discipline.
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>>542764799>Structured computer organization>Originally published 1975>>Structured Computer Organization (2012)Uhhhhh... I don't actually know fuck all about the topic and I don't mean to be a smartass but have you tried searching? The results I'm getting seem to suggest it's stuck at "sixth edition" but it is being updated through pearson. At the very least the copyright has updated as late as 2022.
>>542764668That being said, I am currently enjoying Keynes' The Economic Consequences of Peace.
>>542765050throw it away and read hayek
>>542757505This was awful. Cost $200 on Amazon and it was a non-contemporary translation, but translated from 2018; meaning it was all full of post-Trump, alt-right idioms by some chud. Not worth $200, that's for sure. Basic premises:>women who wear red are whores>racial reparations, as understood in 2010s America, were a thing in the latter 1800s>the occasional reference to 200,000 BC Germanic culture as if there's an unironic continuity to modern times
>>542765174I will do no such thing. It paints a very interesting picture of life and the economic culture before the war. Anyway, Money and Morals by the (in)famous Eric Gill is another excellent book.
>>542753773>2013>oldfaganyway, i read classic novels.poets like Dickinson, Whitman, Pound, Wallace Stevens, Neruda, et al.when i really need to get away from the world, need a change of gears in my mind, or just want some fun: PG Wodehousealso novelists: Thomas Bernhard, Houellebecq, McCarthy, poets: Anne Carson, Geoffrey Hill
>>542753773ah yes, the read-pilldumb ass incels think reading is going to get them a wifefkn kek
>>542765050>Keynes' The Economic Consequences of Peace.The economic consequences of peace under Keynesan economy is constant war every several years.Now you do not need to read it. No need to thank me.
>>542766051You're just butthurt that Germany was so well managed having been influenced by Keynes and beat you so easily. No, I will not stop reading the book you fucking faggot. See >>542765256
>>542766190Either I can call your meltdown a simple non sequitur if you want to keep it purely philosophic discussion.Or just tell you that you proved me right with the war thign under Keynesyan economy if we look at historical facts.
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>>542766364I would argue that hindsight is 20/20 and that just because Germany did so well early on does not mean they were a bully throwing their weight around against helpless nations. France was considered to have the best military in the world and was extremely aggressive, having literally invaded Germany in 1923. Poland was not innocent. Your government was a military dictatorship hostile towards Germany with a large army. Enough arms were captured from Chezchoslovakia to arm half of the Wehrmach! It isn't as much as Keynesianism necessitates war, it's that it made Germany strong and allowed it to survive a precarious two front war for a long time.
>>542753773I read whatever's on screen in the video game I'm playing
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>>542766716So a retarded tranny meltdown it is. We are talking about fucking economy here and not retarded nazi propaganda where poor 3rd Reich and Hitler were victims of oppresion. And back to economy 3rd Reich economy was good in early years of using Keynesian logics, but it started falling before WW2 and needed a war to keep it going.USA also does Keynesian economy post WW2. And they start some bigger war every 10-15 years or so.I always wondered how it is to read things, and have zero understanding of what you read? How do you live like that? It's like talking to a bimbo that reads harlequins right now.
>>542767006Oh polbro... I am sorry you are so blinded by jingoism. The situation I outlined is an uncontested fact. As for keynesianism requiring war, I must say there is a difference between it requiring war, and germany pushing it so far that they had to go to war to pay it off with captured loot... but, then I must also say, pay who? Germany wasnt financing their war with creditors. They bartered commodity for commodity. And Germany only went full war economy in 1943. This is uncontested fact, so was Germany really forced to go to war to pay their manufacturors and builders? And again, with what? As if not doing so would crash their economy? They controlled the economy. They weren't reliant on foreign creditors and currency, they couldn't have their economy shut down if they didn't pay back interest. Germany needed food, yes, but that was a result of war, not of the economy.
>>542753773the delectable negro on jews and their lies by martin luthersex and character by otto the chudninger
https://archive.org/details/the-intelligent-students-guide-to-modern-german-germelshausen-weber-1938
>>542766987t. Spock
>>542767752kekhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMpofmkxKHBJfta_JzekLbWGHUSLUJoLt
>>542757653>>542760955Curse of Canaan i have readvery good bookbest book recommendationsthank you frend
>>542764668Someone posted this the other day. Unfortunately the thread was braindead as always.https://archive.org/details/bib_fict_1733272
>>542768021Love learning German. It's my hobby. Reading Germelshausen right now.https://archive.org/details/gerstackersgerme0000lawr
>>542768385These are your standard legal texts in German. The first two from the left are civil law the one on the right is public (state) law.
>>542753773Only books written before the christcucks era,this is why I just hope to makes some money only to sponsor the transliteration of the Ercolano's papiri
>>542768619alright, good to knowhave some law school admission tests (in English)https://img.cracklsat.net/lsat/pt/pt1.pdf::https://img.cracklsat.net/lsat/pt/pt90.pdf
>>542753773>Assuming that you read, what do you read?Mostly philosophy, social critiques, and fiction. Currently reading picrel. My favorite book: Industrial Society and It's Future
>>542753773I've been reading dungeon crawler carl. It's great.
>>542768248Thank you anon, though when I said old, I mean't roughly pre 1945, not that old, lol, and ideally European.
>>542753773I buy books but I don't read them, it's more interesting to just extrapolate the entire thing in my head and ponder about it for months and once or twice a year I pick one book out of the dozens I buy and actually read it only to argue with it about how lacking it is to what I was hoping it to be. The Brothers Karamkov for instance, I haven't even read the synopsis of what it is but to me it's a masterpiece. It's fun being part of a book club, I've been involved in a monthly bookclub for 3 years now and we have a 5 minute opener to talk about our thoughts on the books we read and while people at first thought I wasn't reading the stuff (I wasn't) they've come to think of me as this great genius with an entirely different way of look at things. The reality is most people who read live entirely in semantics and eventually can never see the pragmatics of reality and so you can convince them it's whatever you want it to be even though you're pulling it right out of you arse. You can read an entire library but that doesn't mean you understand even the pamphlets at the reception.
My present chud stack
>>542765179its not awful if you bought a retarded version you retarded cuntdownload the proper version and read it then kill yourself
>>542753773My Bible
>>542769900I can't read german. Was there a contemporary English translation that wasn't gay?
torah, tehillim, yeshayahu, daily mass readings
Just started pic rel.
>>542770588„To all the boys I’ve loved before“ for kids, literally
>>542770702Obviously, but I saw someone post it on /r9k/ and just had to read it.
>>542771233>r9gayOfc you saw it there
I’m too skitzo to focus on a book and my old fag eyes. But I’m re reading gulag archipelago. Make my horrendous life look like picnic in some ways. To survive that And to still have a good outlook on life
Idk. I read probably 50 books per year. Mostly a combination of history, philosophy, and poetry. I just finished Vasiliy Grossman’s Life and Fate though. I have an easy sinecure remote job so I come here mostly out of boredom.
>>542753773These are all the books on your gay uncles bookshelf. Became anon he'll probably mouth and ass rape you. Stay away.
>>542753773I stopped reading books on philosophy or political ideologies after having read “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” That book really changed my entire perspective about the quality of life I wish to live. Trying to win people over with arguments and words will always, for the most part, be an exercise in futility. Most people don’t argue to learn, they argue to be right.With that said, I still come here for news and opinions because there is value in knowing what the hive-mind is fixated on.
>>542753773Pic rel should be mandatory reading. One of the best books ever written and foundational to anyone who wants to really understand the bullshit Marx pulled or the popular writers like Burnham that tried similar analyses. Where everyone else tries to imagine the scaffolding, Belloc just touches the bottom. Like I said, it should be mandatory.
>>542753773I’m even publishing a book at a pretty good publishing house soon. I read quite voraciously, currently grapes of wrath and east of Eden by Steinbeck and I read a fuckton of philosophy and other humaniora. I still visit this place because I can process vast amounts of information 12 hours a day easy. Just switching it up.
>>542753773I recently bought Aristotle's Politics, Plato's Politeia (with ancient greek on the left) side and Claymore Extreme volume 1(the manga). I'm reading Aristotle's Politics.
>>542764744>Normandy 44Naples '44 is better
>>542753773>What do you read?
>>542753773I’m reading papal encyclicals and a book on the Heidelberg art school
>>542753773Someone's obsessed with fascism.Have you noticed it's literally the Democrat Party yet?
>>542755058Are you orthodox? I’m a tradcath and we have stuff like this in our library
>>542753773Readin is fucking overrated, 99% of books is spam information and entertainment for the midwit plebs. You can try to prove me wrong
>>542758763> very few people seem to want to do anything meaningful aboutNigger there is nothing we can do except ride the wave and not get on the truck when it comes for us. The drones will get us first
>>542760789I loved this. Shout out to another new American classic for The Pale King
>>542764385DISGUSTING KIKE PROPAGANDA
>>542767534You’re missing books from that.
>>542753773I sold my library to the local bookstore.They paid over $500 for two bookshelves stacked full. That's the only benefit these dusty paper weights gave me over the year lugging them around. All the pages filled with useless knowledge didn't do me any good except for the money I got in my pocket now...
I get that this is supposed to be a political board, but your selections are a tad on the nose. Oblivious even. No fantasy. All very serious (notwithstanding the majeur faux pas). A couple of actually decent reads though.It’s about time you developed taste, people. Seriously.
>>542779596I really admire the French proclivity to value style over substance. Afterall, quality is often both beautiful and functional. One can drive an ugly piece of shit car and it has utility but driving a beautiful piece of shit at least makes you feel better about driving a piece of shit.
Downloaded the Gillian archive last week and am reading Blood Music by Greg Bear right now.I've been reading a lot of dystopian sci-fi as of late, only thing that gives me hope these days. That and the collection of the Outdoorsmen magazine I accrued.We need to go back. Forward is spiritual and soul death.
>>542758763Add me on discord, if you have it: northsealand.
>>542779953My less interesting book shelf, just to get then out of the moldy garage.
>>542753773That's a lot of self-propagandizing. Commies do this too. The worst is when these kind of people couch their ideas behind an intellectual veneer. Statists are trash.
Reading ideological slop is no better than reading Facebook statuses kek.
>>542779901I was not rating style here as I would not have found a single book to redeem. You took the easy shot, and miss.This list remind me of a NYT best-sellers but for the fringe. Imagine being stranded on an island with these.>>542780270You might want to try The Ancient City recommended earlier, fits in your ballpark
>>542780753Agreed, now to be stranded on an Island with “Murder on the Orient Express” or “Lord of the Rings” would be much better. The books may not be of any utility for survival on a deserted island except only to pass the time while entertained. Much better than slogging through idealogical propaganda.
>>542753773Dresden files. I don't need some kike to tell me how to think.
