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Books on power politics 2017-04-16 11:11:46 Post No.9389579
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What are good books on power politics, Realpolitik, propaganda, applied psychology, crowd psychology and manipulation, human relations, military science books with relation to these topics, primers and manuals for politicians and so on? What would you consider the best book in this regard?
The ones I know so far are The Prince, The Art of War, How to Win Friends and Influence People, the Arthashastra, 48 Laws of Power, Propaganda, The Crowd and Rules for Radicals.
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bible teaches all the basic methods
coup "manuals" and case studies by malaparte and luttwak, were actually read by commanders in 3rd world coups and rebellions
US psyop manuals or apologetics by linebarger, walter lippmann, james warburg
jesuit perfidy manual by balthasar gracian
true believer by eric hoffer about main characteristics of all cults and mass movements
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>>9389579
I read a lot on this subject, here are a few I recommend (keeping in mind I'm crazy and a genius, so ymmv):
Kissinger's Diplomacy, Brzezinski's Out of Control, Cialdini's Influence, Haidt's The Righteous Mind, Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, Arquilla's Information Strategy and Warfare, Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy, Dugin's The Fourth Political Theory, Crowley's Diary of a Drug Fiend, Schmitt's Concept of the Political, Qutb's Milestones, Thaler's Misbehaving, Caplan's The Myth of the Rational Voter, Akerlof's Phishing for Phools, Taylor's Brainwashing
The most practical and accessible is probably Cialdini's Influence. He has a newer one out called Presuasion, which I have but haven't cracked open yet.
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>>9390200
are you sure it isn't self-help garbage?
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What is /lit/ doing for a living?
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>>9388829
Living, obviously. Only morons work.
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I'm a database administrator, specializing in Oracle systems.
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>>9388829
Nurse.
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>When I was in college, I fell in love with my English professor, who stood at the head of the classroom as I admired each twitch of her bottom, every hint of her breasts. She looked the part of an English teacher: warm, thick hair; heavy sweaters; and long dresses with flowery designs. I'm sure it's not unusual for a student to be fond of a professor - perhaps common enough that every young person has such a memory. Sometimes I would stare at her for the length of the class, eyeing her every movement, watching for the precise moment when her breasts heaved with a breath. It certainly made the class go by quickly. I'm not sure what I remembered of the lectures, but anyone seeing me might have received the impression that I wasn't there to learn about English. I was too young for her, however, and except in a few cases, she was unaware that I followed her with my eyes. My admiration had all the qualities of love, for it was also her intellect that I admired; her speech was mellifluous, her vocabulary what was to be expected of an educated person; and I only wish the Greek ideals of love were still in effect, for I would have mentioned in passing that I had been eyeing her body with as much pleasure as I took listening to her orations.
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Source? I was also infatuated with an English teacher in high school. She was a short brunette (5'1") with very large breasts and was t h i c c. At that time, all I masturbated too was women with overwhelmingly large natural breasts (Milena Velba, Nadine Jansen) so it made sense.
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>I only wish the Greek ideals of love were still in effect
Greek ideals of love were exclusively male for male you damn heterosexual.
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>>9388912
This is just me working on my own book. Page 3 or so. It's erotica.
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>tfw you empathize with and understand Raskolnikov
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>>9387854
we'll forgive you in the end
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>tfw you're a Razumikhin
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>>9387854
>>9388086
>tfw Marmeladov
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How long does it take you to read a 400 pages book?
>20 hours
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I have no idea. I read because I enjoy it.
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Yeah, more or less
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>>9387787
unironically like 5 hours.
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What is actually considered high brow literature? I really can't find anything about it and am pretty sure garbage stuff like I.J. isn't, right?
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yeah. desu most of the fun is from learning how wrong you are.
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>>9387009
By the general public? Anything that doesn't have wizards, space ships, illuminati or sexy vampires.
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>>9387024
>By the general public?
No, thats why I said actually.
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They were frauds all along!
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>>9386935
Socrates? Really?
"Ignore all pseudo [...]" is tautological and appeals to reverse psychology, think for yourself and use your own judgement.
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>>9386935
Is there also a gallery of approved intellectuals?
You've got a very strange mix in there: Tolstoy, Elliot Rodgers, Jesus, Cheech and Chong, ...
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>>9386935
this is the fake one
the actual autist who makes these is very methodical and discerning
ignore all fake pseudo intellectual rhetorician edits
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Leo Tolstoy and Dostoevsky looked so fucking wise it was ridiculous. Beckett looked like some sort of dark wizard. Joyce looked exactly like a mad genius. Pynchon looked like the goofiest gaffster you would ever meet. Gaddis looked like the epitome of the idea of the word "writer." Hemingway looked like a fucking battle hardened wise warrior. Melville looked like what I would imagine fucking Captain Ahab to look like. Nietzsche's incredible mustache made him look like the epitome of "wise philosopher." How much does appearance play in creating the mystique behind writers? I have yet to find a single significant writer who just looks like "some guy." Kafka is the closest I have found, but even he has a very unique, brooding sort of look to him. David might also be another exception, because he looks like a guy desperately trying to create a literary persona and failing and looking like a ridiculous cartoon character. Nevertheless, Is it possible to be a great writer without the wise appearance to accompany your work? Or is the outward appearance shaped by association with your work? How superficial really is this idol worshipping of individuals?
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This thread strengthens my will to hide and destroy every possible picture of me if I ever publish shit
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Hm, i wonder why old, rare black and white photographs taken in a deliberately alluring manner create such a feeling
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creepy wizard looking Tolstoy was worst Tolstoy though
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Why has Octavia Butler been relatively obscured from science fiction canon? Or at least dropped off so dramatically in the public SF eye since her death?
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>>9386292
Even notorious Alt Right Bigot Nick Land was a fan of her work
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No idea, considering Xenogenesis is one of the greatest accomplishments in the genre.
I think a factor is that, since she is dead, people can't really hold her up as an example of diversity in the field anymore. This is one of the reasons (one of the others being her high quality writing) that Nnedi Okenafor is being championed right now, she can be pointed to as an example of diversity in sci-fi.
All of this is really sad because while keeping the genre diverse is important, it reduces writers like Delany, Butler, and Okenafor to "token" writers when they should be lauded for their quality prose.
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>>9386586
>keeping the genre diverse
>important
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i am so bored with life. nothing seems special or fun or sacred anymore. i want something fun and exciting something that makes life special again(inb4 bible) it isn't a problem like that i am bored not meaningless. i want something that makes life feel new and intriguing
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LSD.
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try entrepreneurship
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Recent Purchases Thread
Post books you've bought or acquired recently. Comment on other anons' choices. Discuss what to get next.
I got these today. How'd I do?
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You did good.
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My Granpa gave me The Collapse of the universe by Isaac Asimov, and I bought The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P Lovecraft.
Fortunatly there is a lot of "sebos" (places that sell used books) here in my city, I've found some very good material in there, I've even bought the Penguin's edition of Romeo and Juliet.
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Does /lit/ speed read? Or are you subvocalizing mongoloids?
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>>9385515
How do I stop subvocalizing?
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>>9385515
>speed reading
that's basically like playing a movie on fast forward with subtitles on and then claiming you watched it.
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>>9385515
depends on what I'm reading. Just because you can speed read, doesn't mean it's the most enjoyable way to consume a particular book.
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Nabokov was a pedophile.
Tolstoy was a slave rapist.
i need a third beloved author with an obviously checkered past.
pic related: Vlad "The child Nabber" Nabokov
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william burroughs was a pedo too...and he shot his wife in her head for a laff.
oscar wylde was also a nonce.....wylde introduced André Gide to underageb& rentboys
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>wifebeater.....drove two wives to suicide
>wrote bad poems about crows and whatnot
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Post source for Tolstoy.
While you're at it post evidence of Nabokov as well my lad.
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>begin learning French so I can understand French texts in the original
>realize I'm no better than a filthy weeb who learns Japanese just to watch his degenerate nip cartoons
Should I just end it all?
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Probably, but not for that reason.
What have you been reading?
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With similes like this - yes, yes you should.
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>learning the worst romance language
>also not learning latin first
Not gonna make it famperino
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Does /lit/ really hate Harry Potter or is it just a backlash against its enormous popularity and the perceived infantilization of literature that it caused?
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4chan hates anything popular.
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>>9383938
I genuinely hate it. Even as a kid reading the books I was severely disappointed by the last few. Rowling had a good idea and took it entirely in the wrong direction. All I wanted was comfy wizard adventures that explored the magical world, not "we have to save the world!!!".