/lit/ - Literature

>>16042387
Looking around, it honestly seems like white people are the only people on the planet obsessed with both equality and with following the rules. This will probably be their downfall because no other racial group really cares about fairness or obsessive rule-following.

>>15624127
Don't really have time to go through it in depth, but there are multiple laws that deal with drawing attention to yourself (create compelling spectacles; court attention at all cost) are somewhat at odds with others that involve removing yourself from other people's attention (use absence to increase respect and honor; always say less than necessary; never outshine the master). I suppose you could answer that it's dynamic and situational though.

That said, each person will probably gravitate toward certain laws when they read the book depending on what issues they struggle with the most. For me, it seemed as though one of the main thrusts of the book (and it's a good one), is you should say less to other people than you feel compelled to say, which is great advice. Why say things that might offend others while also serving no purpose for your advancement? (E.g. it may be tempting to talk shit about someone at the workplace, but no one likes someone who talks shit, and in most cases it will serve no good purpose.)

>why is it banned from prisons?
1.) Prisoners don't have the same rights as other people.
2.) Prisons are full of psychopaths and wardens don't want them reading literature that makes them more prone to act like psychopaths.

The book is fine for a normal person because many of us have been taught to be conscientious to an unhealthy degree and it may help you undo that a bit. Many people in power profit off of you being too rigid in your adherence to our society's rule structure while not adhering to it as tightly themselves. 48 Laws of Power (like The Prince) isn't so much about acting without regard for morality at all (you wouldn't be able to sustain support from others if you did this completely), but rather to understand that others are not following the rules that they say they are (and that they claim you should too), and that it's not wrong to look out for yourself since you're the main person who has your own back.