/lit/ - Literature

If you think reading 19th-century larp manuals will do you any good, then I hope you are prepared for a miserable life of disappointment and bitterness. Perhaps you don't want that. Please read on, if that's the case—and rest assured, this won't be the usual natsoc/libertarian drivel destroying gommunism with facts and logic. You will find no ideology here, and that is for the better.

First, you need a dose of realism. You're on the right track recognizing that there is a ruling elite that exploits you, but you need to understand that there is absolutely no hope for an elite-less let alone a classless society. The text for this Mosca's Ruling Class, but that is a bigass book that you may lose patience with. Instead, you may have an easier time with a single chapter. Find a PDF of Burnham's Machiavellians and just read the chapter on Mosca. It's not even 30 pages long, so no excuses. It's cold and harsh, but it's all true. Taking notes may help here.

Second, you need a way to deal with reality, because you obviously can't right now (if you could, you would not have turned to Marxian drivel and asked for more). The shortest and quickest way to a healthy general attitude is Aurelius' Meditations. Many good aphorisms and exercises in there, and it is also very short. It does not need to be read cover-to-cover; it will suffice to merely consume it in small doses on a regular basis, coupled with serious reflection (it's not called "Meditations" for nothing).

So, there you go. A short chapter and a short book. No myths, no ideology, just the truth and how to deal with it. You won't change the world—you never could—but you can at least live a better life for yourself and your loved ones.