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DoctorDank 11 points ago +11 / -0

At what exact point, then should one resist? When one's belt is taken away? When one is ordered to face into a corner? When one crosses the threshold of one's home? An arrest consists of a series of incidental irrelevancies, of a multitude of things that do not matter, and there seems no point in arguing about any one of them individually--especially at a time when the thoughts of the person arrested are wrapped tightly iabout the big question: "What for?" --and yet all these incidental irrelevancies taken together implacably constitute the arrest.

This is exactly what is happening in western society, except with thought/language control. Scary.

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DoctorDank 6 points ago +6 / -0

I caught that, too! Evil white males confirmed.

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DoctorDank 9 points ago +9 / -0

I had vaguely heard of that before I read this, but I didn't realize it was on such a wide scale. It's insane, to me.

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DoctorDank 9 points ago +9 / -0

So many good quotes but I want to mention this one, footnote, page 6:

"In other words, 'We live in the cursed conditions in which a human being can disappear into the void and even his closest relatives, his mother and his wife... do not know for years what has become of him." Is that right or not? That is what Lenin wrote in 1910..."

Good to know that Commies have always been massive hypocrites, especially considering Lenin oversaw the construction of the Gulag apparatus.

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DoctorDank 1 point ago +1 / -0

It is absolutely a long book. AFAIK though we're "only" doing Vol. 1 for the book club. The other two volumes are up to the reader.

And honestly I suggested it because I think it is important to read in the context of what we're all doing on this forum.

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DoctorDank 7 points ago +7 / -0

Hi everyone! I don't post here hardly ever, I'm more on the Reddit side of things (same username). But I'm trying to change that!

I did read along with the Starship Troopers, and now I've gotten my retired military father to read it, who has never read it (which is odd, because he's a huge fan of Stranger in a Strange Land, but whatever).

In any case I nominate "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I've never read it before, and my nomination certainly has nothing to do with the fact that I just paid stupid money for a 1st edition hardcover.

Thank you for your consideration!

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DoctorDank 3 points ago +3 / -0

You think he's joking.

He's not joking.

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DoctorDank 1 point ago +1 / -0

I wish I had kept my old EGM's. I really miss that sort of actual journalism with real reviews.

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