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11466925 No.11466925 [Reply] [Original]

Is Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals worth reading?

I am 100 out of 196 pages and I don't like it.

The topic of politics is unappealing to me. It has a negative connotation to me. I purposely attempt to ignore the news.

What are some good books to read about science or history that are interesting?

>> No.11466936

Don't read it then. Not sure why you'd read a book about politics if you don't like them.

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>>11466925
>Look mom I posted it again, but this time with a non-lewd Jezebel!

>> No.11467083

>>11466968
>>11466936
What book should i read then if im a stem major

>> No.11467090

>>11467083
You should start by changing majors STEM anon.

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>>11467090
your gay

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>>11467092
You're gay. *

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>>11467097
I predicted that bro. I made the mistake on purpose to see you correct it. Anyways, how do I get a gf?

>> No.11467147

>>11467083
Maybe something fun and easy like Great Gatsby.

>> No.11467216

>>11466925
Uniroincally a good book though

great primer on how to fight dirty, and doesn't require any background in political theory or philosophy (which is a good or a bad thing depending on whether you think the masses learning effective political action is useful or not)

>> No.11468130

>>11466925
It's radical left-wing propaganda, so unless you want to become a commie puppet it's garbage

>> No.11468135

Not engaging in politics is a political act in and of itself anon

it means you're a fucking manchild who refuses to accept reality

>> No.11468143

>>11467110
Very carefully.

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>>11468135
This. Time for you to get /Pol/Lit/ical OP.

>> No.11468148

>>11466925
imagine if that girl loved you and cuddled with you and stuff, that would really be something huh

>> No.11468296

>>11467216
>>11468130
What is so dirty about Rules for Radicals? I read the thing and found it was mostly just common sense. Do ends justify the means? Well, the question doesn't make any sense without context. It's just identifying bullshit the status quo uses. If you think that's "fighting dirty" you got a long way to go

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>>11467097
>mfw ayn rand was the anne hathaway of her day

>>11466925
STEMlet. Why are you reading Alinsky? He's a mooch and a thief who inspired others to implement mooching and thieving as government policy. Read something good. Here are some science/history recs:

Landmark Julius Caesar (or any of the Landmark histories)

Us & Them, Berreby, sociology book

Empire of Honour, JE Lendon on Roman politics and especially the currency of public praise.

The Power of Myth by Campbell, more sociology/anthropology. mostly about primitive religion, gender, and how these patterns define us still.

On Food and Cooking by McGee. Textbook on the science of what happens to ingredients while you're preparing or cooking them. Chemistry tier.

Will Durant's Caesar and Christ. A very comfy read about ancient Rome, draws from many ancient sources. From the 1950s or thereabouts, you'll find one used for cheap.

Pausanias' Description of Greece. Ancient Greek travelogue, from 3rd century AD or so, he literally walks all the parts of ancient Greece listing cities and custom, statues, cults, historical notes, so on. Referred to by many other writers and historians.

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>>11468331
Thanks bro.

tfw no gf