/lit/ - Literature

Keep reading and you'll wind up as a bitter, disdainful reactionary, which is the best way to be as an intellectual.

cringe. I bet you vote

They just turned me into a strong individualist, which I guess can be labelled as conservative these days.

Imagine having a political philosophy so shallow that it aligns with popular political parties created by career politicians

>>17933407
A self-described anarcho-communist once told me books are elitist.

>>17933790
He'll be an absolute monarchist in no time. Then he'll be as original as you can get politically

>>17933798
They are. We are the modern NEET aristocracy.

>>17933407
You're an npc if all it takes to sway your beliefs is words on a page.

>>17933805
He'll turn anprim after that
>>17933814
cringe

>start with the Greeks
>stop being gay
What the fuck did I read it wrong??

>>17933407
liberal and conservative are essentially interchangeable labels with only mild differentiation. you have to anchor the meaning of the terms. conserve what?

>>17933407
keep reading

>>17933407
That's pretty dumb. Read stuff that isn't by conservatives.

>>17933407
>hasn't done any deep reading or serious literary analysis.
What kind of books are you reading, boss? If it's classics, it sounds like you missed the point of a lot of them

>>17934584
>**all of the critics have some tranny ideology they want to project into the books to make it attractive**
>how come all of the interpretations of the books subscribe to said ideologies?

>>17933407
Because you’re weak and read the wrong way?
Or deep down, you want to be dominated by authoritarian daddy figures and told what to do?

>>17933798
I’m an ancom too. They can make everyone “elite”, but the reader must never think themselves better than others for having read/learned something others have not.

>>17935679
>Or deep down, you want to be dominated by authoritarian daddy figures and told what to do?

This. It's well-known Liberals are exempt from authoritarian drives. :)

>>17935679
>They can make everyone “elite”, but the reader must never think themselves better than others for having read/learned something others have not.
Why?

>>17933407
without liberal policies you wouldn't be able to post here

>>17935679
>you want to be dominated by authoritarian daddy figures and told what to do?
Literally me, but im just a marxist

>>17935833
elaborate

They didn't turn me conservative, but they injected nuance into my worldview so that I came to understand how someone can be conservative, thus demolishing my partisanship and setting me on the path to finding a true individuality divorced from politics.

>>17935904
What books did you read to become this way?