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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Political books are the ones everyone SHOULD read. :)

This one is fascinating, we would be better off if more people read it:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/291700/perfectly-legal-by-david-cay-johnston/

Actually, all of Johnston's stuff is fascinating.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Awesome, thank you for the book!

Edit: word

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, “What Killed Capitalism” is an attention-getting subtitle, but I’m pretty sure Wall Street still exists… and will continue to exist for quite a while.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Whether it's changed so much that we shouldn't call it capitalism any more is debatable, but it ain't what it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

yeah. and what killed capitalism is also capitalism itself. capitalism is flawed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That will certainly go on my list of books that I should probably get around to reading some day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, in the wait-list of books to read pile!

I usually move them up in the list. This book would be one of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I do. Sometimes it's frustrating if I don't have enough background and drop them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, got it.

Background is required for learning about any topic. Yanis does a great job, usually, when talking about any topic.

He has many videos on the subject, a couple of debates also.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nope. i read for entertainment and these kinds of books just aren't entertaining to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Got it, thanks for the reply!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For me, I'll generally find the theses and arguments of books like this interesting so I'll try to read them. In the end, I could have gotten as much out of the books if they had been 90% shorter and I'll quit less than halfway through

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, some books are just long to meet a quota... it feels like.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really. Like I have read books about economical systems and the like but the writing is usually quite dry and uninteresting, I can usually get through it if the subject is interesting enough to me but not commonly. Not even close to as bad as the time someone recommended I read something by Immanuel Kant, i haven't even attempted to read philosophy since, that guy should have gotten someone else to write down his ideas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, oh, okay.

Yanis speaks and talks about the subjects he writes about, so I presume it may not be as dry and uninteresting as other works, IMO.

I do try to learn and follow politics and debates, so if you are not into that, I understand!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can't stand them. Whether I'm politically excited or not about the title, I just find books like that boring AF.

If smart were money though, I'm maybe... low six figure salary? Def not rich.

I don't know if that classifies my intelligence for you, but I know what it means. Maybe those books are above my pay grade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All is good, we all have our preferences.