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15902134 No.15902134 [Reply] [Original]

Why do you read the works of the past to try to fix the problems of today? Don't you think they're outdated? Yes, they might reflect the human condition, and that's certainly valuable, but as far as tackling modern problems, especially in politics, why dwell on outdated systems by outdated authors?

>> No.15902163

your existence is outdated *draws glock 43*

*bang bang*

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>>15902134
Why don't you first define outdated, then devise a method of proving that an idea, an argument, or a system of thought is outdated, and then prove that every single one of these authors you're referring to meets those criteria? Once you've done that, we'll be able to have a conversation.

>> No.15902172

>>15902134

don't know
maybe history is repeating itself over and over and it could be nice to understand wtf is going on

but i don't read for that, i read to construct an aristocracy of sentiment to deepen my feelings about all the universe shit

>> No.15902495

Because the present wasn't made in a vacuum, it was built upon the foundations of the past.