/lit/ - Literature

frankly zoomers, it's not your fault. you are a product of war. an outcome. we were simply too weak to fight for you. I, on behalf of my millennial fellows, seek your forgiveness for this. i know that it's hard to tell if someone's being sardonic through text, but this is genuinely how i feel, how those of us with the observational capacity feel. there are wars fought where bullets need not fly. for those of you who seek to enter literature, you have my blessing, and i think it's wonderful that you're seeking something more out of the world, digging as far as you can below the surface that your generational fellows seem all too content with. it's a familiar struggle, one wrought with the sense of loneliness and immense frustration. what you're doing is worthwhile, despite the fact that you were reared on digital manure, there is still some chance for you to establish a developed understanding of the literary world. it takes time, sacrifice, devotion, and a nigh complete split from the net and its influence. these ghosts, their voices calling to you through the pages, they are some of my only friends in this world. it is not comforting to be a walking anachronism. you get sneered at through teeth flecked with shit. none will accept you, those who do will likely be such individuals that this acceptance will only extend so far as good will. i've spent my life reading. i was born just before the advent of video games, the real internet, cell phones. my mother read to me every night. it seems so few have that luxury now, and i can't help but wonder if i'd be any different from any one of you had i not been given such an honor, a gift, as an understanding and love for words.
every minute i spend at this damned screen is a blight on my mind, what little glimpse of the world i've seen has been irreperably marred by what takes place in this glass, in these warped pixels. flee from this damned world, don't just touch grass, dig a hole, dig a cavern and bring some books and read, read, read. never come back, never seek our acceptance, block this ersatz world away, and read until you go blind. you'll find what you're looking for, what's below the surface, and if you're even more lucky, you'll find god waiting for you.

for those of you who do not have the inclination or the desire for this, carry on, and enjoy the show, the dullness will only become more pervasive, the spirit within you more gray. your every perception replaced with mindless faux happiness. you will be drugged with pleasure. you will likely live to see the day that hedonism reigns above all man's other institutions, and you will be happy, because that's all there will be to feel left. not despair, not hollowness, not melancholy, nothing will rest on your shoulders, you'll have no responsibilities, you'll care for nothing, and you won't mind it.

sorry for being so damn grim, but these are feelings that have burgeoned in me since i first saw you awaken to this world we've spoiled for you.

Any good books on subversion? Anything from subversion tactics to the history of subversion in US international relations is what I am interested in. Yuri Bezmenov's lecture on it was very interesting and I was wondering if there are any books that go more in depth on it.

Also, I would be interested in any books that focus on subversion tactics that the US has employed on other countries as well.