/lit/ - Literature

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When the mockers scorn at my insight, I am most assured of my right bearings.

>>21527880
>read as you please of major novels. Try and pick a few which catch your interest from within the canon of every major time period, literary, or artistic movement, paying special attention to which nations and cultures were on the rise, were dominant, and were on the decline.
>Be skeptical of everything praised widely and especially by modern academics. They laud vice and are Godless.

As for black works in particular. Read as many as you like, but I personally try and read very little of anything written out of bitterness or hate. If that is all a major black author has written, I will read something by them, only to see them for who they are and what ability they have. I do not recommend reading much of these because hate, bitterness, envy, unforgiveness, and so on are all vices. We wish to move forward unto magnanimity, not shrinking back into spiritual destitution.

>MLK's Letter from a Birmingham City Jail is a must, as is the letter from five pastors and two rabbis two whom he was responding at the time.
>The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
>Celia, A Slave
>The poetry of Tracy K. Smith - one of the most kind, sane voices of modern poets
If you're an American, read the works of the Founding Fathers, and of those who had a keen influence on them - for instance, Francis Bacon (I really enjoyed New Atlantis) or Thomas Hobbes. I'm not sure whether or not to recommend looking into Masonry. I have done it out of curiosity, but it is a very deep and wide series of tunnels - most of them lain as intentional distractions, I believe. It has, and has had, an influence here and abroad, but use your own discretion - just be careful not to go too far down that road, wasting time and becoming tainted by their wickedness.
>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
>The Federalist Papers
>The Declaration of Independence
>etc.,.

Read personal finance, finance, and econ. Do not be overwhelmed by it. The language is often intentionally obfuscating or opaque. You may or may not be aware many important papers and talks done by elite bankers and policy makers are publicly available for free. This is because they have erected jargon and dryness as a barrier to the public psyche. Even given the chance, the average person does not read, nor want to read what they publish - no matter the cost. If you increase your financial literacy gradually and continually you will simultaneously increase your opportunities for wealth, decrease your chances of poverty, and decrease your chances of being caught unawares by the schemes of politicians, bankers, and their friends. Some examples:
>Rich Dad, Poor Dad; Robert T. Kiyosaki - often bashed by economists, yet one most frequently recommended by self-made millionaires
>The Richest Man in Babylon
>Basic Economics; Thomas Sowell

Well, I'm actually running out of space to get more specific, but take the time to wrap your head around stocks - including options - especially Naked Puts and Covered Calls.

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I went full retard yesterday when I saw /fitlit/ - forgot it was April 1st. Thank God you're back /lit/. Bless all you wonderful pseuds! ITT: Tell us why you love /lit/.

>My Reason: I've learned about a lot of books from you all, which have, in turn, led me to many other works which I may have never found otherwise. No joke, I've introduced my Literature majored friends to many wonderful works they've never heard of thanks to you guys.

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