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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The art of war. I would say anything by George Orwell but I know for a fact kids are forced to read his shitty fairy tales in high school as a part of their ideological brainwashing

[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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Kids being forced to read 1984 in high school like β€œTHIS IS LITERALLY 1984”

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The art of war is actually quite short though

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine the number of stonk devils, business ghouls, and tech demons that have a copy as a library or coffee table decoration piece.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Tbf far from the worst book they haven't read

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's not even relevant if they did read it. It's an instruction manual for running an ancient chinese army

[–] fox@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure it was revolutionary back in the day for warlords to learn that keeping your supply lines defended was important and also you shouldn't fight a battle against an uphill defender with the sun at their back on muddy ground.

Yeah but it's about as relevant to running a business as a manual to use a toaster

[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think they're good books, it's just that they're again and again referred to as "proof that communism was horrible" by people who have not the slightest clue how communism actually was besides what the western governments tell them about it

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Written by a British imperial cop who doesn't have the slightest clue about the place he's writing about and relies on his own life experience of oppressing Indians for King and Country to fill in the gaps

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really I found them dull 1984 especially

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

We found the conservative