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Comrades! Let our Agrarian Utopia be watered with the bourgeoisie's filthy pigdog blood! lol

The Mystery of Banking by Murray N. Rothbard











occrider needs to read this one

Re: Da Book Recommendations Thread inda Houze..

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Originally posted by TranceGiant Sorry for the Ali G. accent. Anyway, inspired by Nadi's desire for good Nietzsche stuff I had the idea of opening a thread where all of you Intellectuals could share and reommend books which you consider special and unique, books that have had a great impact on you and that helped shaping certain attitudes of yours and your world view in general. So.....what are in your opnion must-reads in the fields of politics, economy, arts and culture, philosopy etc....You can name novels, too!

Hello!

Without any hesitation, THE best book I have ever read is Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson by George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, a mystical man. This a unique book about philosophy, esotericism and religion.


His task is "to destroy, mercilessly and without any compromise whatever, in the mentation and feelings of the reader, the beliefs and views, by centuries rooted in him, about everything existing in the world".
[...]
"And so, cheerful and swaggering candidate for a buyer of my "wiseacrings," having warned you that I am going to write not as professional writers usually do but quite otherwise, I advise you to reflect seriously before you embark on reading my further expositions, and only then to undertake it.
Otherwise, I am afraid that your hearing and other perceptive as well as digestive organs may be so thoroughly automatized to the "literary language of the intelligentsia" prevailing at the present time on Earth that these writings of mine might affect you very, very cacophonously, and thereby you might lose . . . do you know what? . . . your appetite for your favorite dish, and that special psychic feature of yours which particularly "titillates your vitals" on catching sight of your neighbor, the brunette.

That my language, or rather the form of my mentation, can produce such an effect I am, thanks to repeated past experiences, as much convinced with my whole being as a "thoroughbred donkey" is convinced of the rightness and justice of his obstinacy".

Having read the book five times, I think he is right.

Re: Da Book Recommendations Thread inda Houze..

Anyone ever read Behold A Pale Horse? Was recommended by a friend but find its hard to find.

Currently reading:

Masters of Death by Richard Rhodes

FROM THE PUBLISHER
In Masters of Death, Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the Einsatzgruppen's role in the Holocaust. These "special task forces," organized by Heinrich Himmler to follow the German army as it advanced into eastern Poland and Russia, were the agents of the first phase of the Final Solution. They murdered more than 1.5 million men, women, and children between 1941 and 1943, often by shooting them into killing pits, as at Babi Yar. These massive crimes have been generally overlooked or underestimated by Holocaust historians, who have focused on the gas chambers. In this painstaking account, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes profiles the eastern campaign's architects as well as its "ordinary" soldiers and policemen, and helps us understand how such men were conditioned to carry out mass murder. Marshaling a vast array of documents and the testimony of perpetrators and survivors, this book is an essential contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust and World War II.




Some light reading while I take this semester off.

Occrider, I haven't heard from you in forever; you suck.

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Originally posted by anuneventrade Occrider, I haven't heard from you in forever; you suck.

Hey! I'm TRYING!! Why don't you delete some of your fanmail???

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Originally posted by occrider Hey! I'm TRYING!! Why don't you delete some of your fanmail???

Done.

What are people's thoughts on these philosophers?

David Hume
Robert Green Ingersol
John Locke
Seneca


Anyone read the above?

Thanks

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Originally posted by tiesto14 What are people's thoughts on these philosophers? David Hume Robert Green Ingersol John Locke Seneca Anyone read the above? Thanks

I HIGHLY recommend just about anything written by Hume or Locke, I'm not too sure about Ingersol or Seneca - but you just got me interested in Seneca. Anyone that has work published under a singular name is worth researching, in my opinion.

Adam Smith - Wealth of Nations

Everybody talks about the Wealth of Nations but nobody reads it, just like Das Kapital. It is too damn boring.

If you want economic arguments for freedom, read "The Road to Serfdom" by F.A. Hayek. Any of his other books would be good as well. Hayek basically dismantles every argument in favor of socialism, and proves that all socialist "theory" is unworkable in reality.

For a moral justification of free markets, read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. The book is fiction, but the philosophy it lays out is the 100% polar opposite of Marxism. A must read for every high school graduate.

Two other awesome books are "The Vision of the Annointed" and "The Quest for Cosmic Justice" by Thomas Sowell. Great intellectual ammo.

I challenge everyone on the left to read these books (especially Hayek and Sowell...Rand can come later). It takes a brave person to do this because you will find their critiques are absolutely devastating. They will force you to question your assumptions on just about everything...not an easy thing to do.

Joseph Heller - Catch 22 - brilliant!
Grahame Green - The Quiet American - great!

i read these in Cambodia,
Brother Number 1: A Political Biography of Pol Pot
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers the Pol Pot Regime

depressing :/

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Originally posted by tathi Joseph Heller - Catch 22 - brilliant!

One of my favorites.

Just read:

The Kite Runner - emotionally stirring

Current read:

Den of Thieves - a book about finance but won the pulitzer and good so far.

Next read:

Liar's Poker - another book on finance but an excellent read from what I hear.

Bill O'Reilly - The no spin zone


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Originally posted by Capitalizt Everybody talks about the Wealth of Nations but nobody reads it, just like Das Kapital. It is too damn boring.

It's the actual subject matter that interests me. I generally don't peruse such books looking for straight entertainment value.

Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina' was actually quite boring to me, but I still managed to extract some enjoyment out of reading it.

I suppose I'm just fascinated with the ideologies of our Nation's founding fathers.

http://geolib.com/smith.adam/woncont.html

Just Read:

Karl Rove, the Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Trimuphs

2005 Edition


Highly recommended

everyone must read this one..

Parliment of Whores by PJ O'Rourke

]Amazon

The Grand Chessboard - Zbigniew Brzezinski

and also

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 - Steve Coll

Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
by Noam Chomsky

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky

and anything else by Chomsky

The Anti-Chomsky Reader

America's founding fathers were "Left"

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Originally posted by Capitalizt The Anti-Chomsky Reader

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6 of 20 people found the following review helpful: Arrogence, Lying, Bullsh#t, March 28, 2005 Reviewer: Ohio-based Economics and Computer Nerd (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews The premise is flaw. The "left" -- such as it is -- includes people fully dedicated to detroying anti-modern / anti-democratic / and anti-market trends in the world -- which includes Islam and the radical right -- in favor of equality of men and women (not a big part of Islam or the radical right), the triumph of science of myth (not a big part of Islam or the radical right), and the notion of free speech (something Horiwitz knows nothing about).

Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet

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Product Description: When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn’t name the president of Pakistan. But he was advised by a group that called themselves the Vulcans—a group of men and one woman with long and shared experience in government, dating back to the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and first Bush administrations. After returning to power in 2001, the Vulcans—including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleeza Rice—were widely expected to restore U.S. foreign policy to what it had been in past Republican administrations. Instead, they put America on an entirely new course, adopting a far-reaching set of ideas and policies that changed the world and America’s role in it. In this revelatory and newsworthy volume, James Mann narrates the hidden story of these six history makers, their early careers and rise to power, the interactions and underlying tensions among them, their visions, and their roles in the current administration. Along the way, he offers a wealth of new information (about how Rumsfeld schemed in the Nixon White House, how Cheney toiled as Rumsfeld’s doorkeeper, how Wolfowitz first warned of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East in the 1960s) to complete a remarkable look at George W. Bush’s inner circle.

No post with political books from my side. Only a question.

Where can you post about books that don't deal with politics?
And where can you post something about movies??

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Originally posted by Rhand No post with political books from my side. Only a question. Where can you post about books that don't deal with politics? And where can you post something about movies??

first question:

Here! Read my very first post in this thread. Noone said this was exclusively for political books!

second question:

Go to the chillout room, you'll find tons of threads with this topic. If not, just open a new one. Nobody will care as one more unnecessary thread in this huge pile of garbage wont make a difference

Twice thank you

As for reading, I read a lot of fantasy novels...

My all time favourits are

1) R. Jordan - Wheel of Time
2) Stephen King - The Dark Tower
3) Robin Hobb - The Farseer-Trilogy
4) G.R.R. Martin - A Song Of Ice and Fire
5) Steven Erikson - Tales of the Malazan Empire

Anyone familiar with these books?

Further, I've read some political stuff (or tried at least :P) but not much. Some stuff about Marx and Lenin... And that's all

Also read George Orwell's Animal Farm, books from Thea Beckman (very famous dutch autor) and that's quit it

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