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Books about the insanity of the modern world?

>> No.11613969

>>11613960
Marx's writings on alienation.

>> No.11613988

>>11613960
Infinite jest
>>11613969
No he’s talking about all the ugly people out there with bizarre, pop culture oriented fetishes who don’t know how to dress, do their hair or take a photo but who also are completely harmless and deserve to live out their aesthetically unpleasant but peaceful lives

>> No.11613992

>>11613988
Isn't that what women are for? To show us how to present ourselves

>> No.11613993

>>11613988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EflHHVROiSs
>peaceful

>> No.11613994

>>11613988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD8205tTzUo

>> No.11613999

Anything by PKD

>> No.11614042

The Trial by Kafka, I highly recommend it, got me through engineering class when I was severely depressed.

>> No.11614083

>>11613960
Bronze Age Mindset, despite being over-memed e-celeb shit is basically all about this.

>> No.11614095

>>11613993
it was sonic boom tho... totally justified
chris chan is braver than the school shooters

>> No.11614108
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>>11614083
Alt lite-tier Aryan spirituality of which Bronze Age Mindset only marginally qualifies must be coupled with material like pic related or it's like a hot dog with no ketchup.

>> No.11614130

>>11613960
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalist Realism

>> No.11614183

>>11613960
bob honey who just do stuff

>> No.11614215
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>>11613960
>eccentrics is a new thing
Nope.

>> No.11614686

>>11614130
Based

>> No.11614835

unironically brave new world

>> No.11614845

>>11613988
They don't deserve to. They should be brutally bullied into a new lifestyle

>> No.11614852

>>11614215
The eccentrics of yesteryear weren't obsessed with weird pop culture. A guy who lives in a shed or dances like a clown in Brighton is not fucking comparable to chris chan and furfaggots. They're a product of modernity and capitalism.

>> No.11614866

>>11613988
>if you're not physically attacking people you're harmless

dumb goytoy

>> No.11614868

>>11613960
my diary desu

>> No.11614881

>>11613960
Neofascism and the Ideology of Desire - Michel Clouscard
Journey to the End of the Night - Celine

>> No.11614952

>>11613960
Rene Guenon - The Crisis of the Modern World
reminds you that everything we see is ephemeral, it could all just as easily be something entirely different

>> No.11614958

>>11614183
based

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>>11613993
christ i hate youtube

>> No.11615345

>>11613960
This is a diverse role for Michael Madsen.

>> No.11615445

>>11613994
Who's this cringelord?

>> No.11615820

>>11613994
*snap*

>> No.11615831

I'm so glad I don't follow any of this thread besides knowing it's CWC in the OP. It's peaceful.

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>> No.11616039

>>11613988
Marx predicted this. Read Marx.

>> No.11616133

Revolt Against the Modern World

>> No.11616143

>>11615123
>Brother Laughing
>le Anonymous Hacker Squad tier post style

Very nice!

>> No.11616152

>>11616035

>implying chesterton was ever anything more than a mildly amusing sophist

>> No.11616181

>>11613994
Disregarding the cigar smoking shtick, this guy is actually on the right track.

>> No.11616190

>>11616181
>social constructivist
yeah, no

>> No.11616197

>>11615445
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Maoist_Rebel_News

>> No.11616201

>>11614845
This has been shown to not work
See: shock therapy to make you not gay

>> No.11616231

>>11616201
>bullying is the same thing as strapping someone down and electrifying them

>> No.11616240

>>11614215
>mental illness is comparable to eccentricity
lmao

>> No.11616247

My Twisted World

>> No.11616261

>>11616143
I think that's Michael Hirtes. He's a 50 yr. old man who lives in poverty and has created 100s of different accounts to stalk and harass Chris Chan. Also he's a furry.

>> No.11616285

>>11616231
>bullying will work better than strapping someone down and electrocuting them