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 No.5576[Reply]

Post Copy pastas, videos and books which debunk common Fascist, Liberal talking points which are repeated often.
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 No.6563[Reply]

A list of reading groups and their schedules that have chosen to advertise themselves here. Take a minute to check them out. If you would like to promote your reading group, feel free to leave a comment telling people where they can go.

>>5912 /read/

>>6162 Continental Floppa
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 No.6904

I really like the picture in OP. More like it plz.


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 No.7537[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

My website has been recently updated:
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/

Book 3 is out:
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/book03/index.html

Following Book 2:
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/book02/index.html

And Book 1 (which was originally meant for something else but made the perfect introduction):
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/mymethod.html

Consider this the "Eugene general" where you can ask me random questions or bitch at me.
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 No.7974>>7978

>>7579
The standard reading of Nineteen Eighty-Four is not only completely wrong, but a deceitful one which either stupidly or maliciously misses the point. Nineteen Eighty-Four was primarily a work of satire directed towards:
1. The writings of James Burnham and other post-Trotskyist thought (The Managerial Revolution, bureaucratic collectivism, etc)
2. Anglo-Christian cultural norms, with emphasis on moralism
3. Orwell's own experiences within the BBC and other institutions
That Orwell himself might have misunderstood his own work is irrelevant. The dystopia in Nineteen Eighty-Four is not a Stalinist one. It is more comparable to Nazism, but ultimately it is distinctly Anglo-Saxon in its character. The correct reading is as a critique of nascent postmodernist trends within developed Western capitalist societies.
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 No.7978>>7979

>>7974
This is all correct but there was more being described, and the book functions as a type of intelligence test to see if the reader recognizes the "untainted" world. Orwell was a eugenist but everything he describes as Ingsoc's motivations was that of a eugenist state. If Ingsoc had the motivations they had, they wouldn't bother with a charade of keeping superfluous proles alive, nor would an "Eternal War" be necessary or desirable for any of the superstates. A state with the powers and motives Ingsoc possesses would wage an interminable and absolute war against the proletarians, who would be defenseless against the Party's military organization. Only those proletarians that serve a direct productive or military function would live, since supposedly Ingsoc's regular military includes proles much like those of the superstates that existed in our time. Those proletarians would then be liquidated by the Party, since promotion into the Party is a total impossibility (and this is the eugenist policy of Ingsoc that is at the core of their motivation, since it is purely a conceit of the Party regarding its intellectual supremacy rather than an institutional need, one that O'Brien acknowledges as unnecessary since the Party's thought form would, if need be, recreated out of the proles as part of an eternal cycle). There is no way to read the book without seeing the eugenic creed at the heart of Ingsoc's actions, yet every one of the government's stated public policies and its apparent geopolitical goals is contrary to eugenics… because Orwell was a eugenist blaming the stupid masses as being the source of the problem, which is why his evil Party villain was an Irishman who was supposed to be subordinate to the genetically and morally superior Englishman Winston.

I don't think there is a "standard reading" of 1984, since the readings that are "acceptable" are contingent on your caste assignment (think Brave New World). For most people of the lower two castes, if they think about the book at all, they probably only think about how Winston really is a piece of shit and Julia is a dumb whore. If they have any political thought at all, Delta-castes would probably think such a contradictory government was natural and had its priorities straight; ply the proles with cheap beer to keep them busy, a clever prole can "game" the system to get a little extra skin, smPost too long. Click here to view the full text.
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 No.7979>>7980

>>7978
who the hell isnt a eugenist? can you prove that eugenics isnt just a meaningless floating signifier to identify people you dont like?
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 No.7980>>7981

>>7979
If you can't answer that question, you're a sniveling retard. I'm not going to play that game, fag.
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 No.7981

>>7980
yep im a retard, now define eugenics for my retarded ass, give me some examples of who isnt a eugenist


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 No.5280[Reply]

>Be once in a millennia genius
>Writes big book detailing and explaining all his ideas and findings
>Explains something via a concept that he hasn't laid out yet and without which nobody can fully understand the explanation
>"Oh, don't worry anon! This concept I use here will be explained in chapter 7 of Volume 3 of this work"
>Goes on eating drinking and smoking like a pig
>Dies before he even finishes Vol 2
>Leaves Engels to guesstimate and extrapolate what he meant

Thanks, Karl, not like we needed all the knowledge we can get to fight the most powerful oppressive force in human history or nothing
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 No.5344

>>5312
Explain
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 No.5347

>>5312
There's no "take", it's a shitpost bro
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 No.7975>>7976

>>5308
This was Photoshopped artistry
And I remember when that was considered a big ethical crisis in art.
Nowadays people are getting upset over AI generated artistry
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 No.7976>>7977

>>7975
The art related moral panics go back all the way to the invention of photography. Artists in yee olden days used to make their own paint, i betcha somebody considered buying industrially produced paint as cheating at some point.

There is a but however, prompting an ai-image-gen is rolling dice until you get a number that is close enough to the one you wanted. I wish it was more deliberate, it's hard to make it reproduce a specific vision you had in mind.
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 No.7977

>>7976
>The art related moral panics go back all the way to the invention of photography. Artists in yee olden days used to make their own paint, i betcha somebody considered buying industrially produced paint as cheating at some point

This.
And it's interesting that despite the technological progress, there were still people that draw.

Even nowadays, with AI generated artwork, people still draw.

>There is a but however, prompting an ai-image-gen is rolling dice until you get a number that is close enough to the one you wanted. I wish it was more deliberate, it's hard to make it reproduce a specific vision you had in mind.


Most of our elaborate AI generated artwork involve manual editing
Or specialised coding knowledge.
Most AI art generation apps are often simplistic


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 No.7419[Reply]>>7969

Since most anons here seem clueless about what masculinity actually is, and only seem comfortable posturing about what it isn't, I thought I'd help you.

>The Way of Men

>By Jack Donovan

Read this and maybe (no promises) it will help exorcise the faggy zeitgeist from your skinnyfat body.

While most of you probably won't be able to handle this book (due to deeply engrain ego attachment to muhleftism), a small percentage might. This is for that latter minority.
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 No.7896

>>7881
This. Most discussions about masculinity often delve into the same cartoonish impression of "Conan The Barbarian" against some giants or fighting an epic war.


Gender roles were mainly just about who makes seed and who bleeds every month
All that "women are dainty and must be worshipped" is a modern invention made by Germanics.
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 No.7969>>7971

>>7419
>it will help exorcise the faggy zeitgeist
Didn't work for Jack Donovan lmao
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 No.7971>>7972

>>7969
This. Most of out machismo cultists are often found out to be fudgepackers
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 No.7972>>7973

>>7971
what is a 'fudgepacker' ?
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 No.7973

>>7972
If you have anal sex you are packing fudge so to speak.


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 No.7204[Reply]>>7888

Hey Leftychads
Whatcha readin?
Pic related is the import shipment I just received. Probably going to read the Greene book first since I'm in a springtime lull before I start summer projects. What about u.
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 No.7217

>>7215
No need to be upset anon, I was just curious. After all, this thread is about what books we're reading.
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 No.7888>>7889>>7968

>>7204
The three body problem is amazing! Best scifi series I've read. I just finished the second book in the series, The Dark Forest and it was great. I can highly recommend this, I couldn't put it down.
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 No.7889

>>7888
Yeah such a wild ride.
I want to second this epic book recommendation.
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 No.7968>>7970

>>7888
Isn't one of the main plot points shitting on the Cultural Revolution? I should read it before screeching I guess but the clips from the adaptation that I've seen might as well be from Prager U and I do wonder if it gets the love it does simply because it's from le China.
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 No.7970

>>7968
I think people liked it because the 'high concept science fiction porn' is just amazing and the characters are very good.

The main theme in those books is the dark-forest solution to the Fermi paradox. (We can't see any signs of aliens because everybody in the universe is hiding). All the aliens think like ultra neocons, interstellar diplomacy doesn't exist and the way to be safe is to exterminate rival species or hide from extermination. That's a very myopic outlook, and could be considered reactionary. Dark Forest is not realistic but it is how some people think.

In my humble opinion the cultural revolution was a mistake, the goals were honorable but the implementation was a total crap-shoot. The critique of the cultural revolution in these books is slightly anti-communist, yes, but it is not too bad, it will not spoil your enjoyment of it. It is not a main plot point, 90% of the books is just exploration of cool scifi ideas.

One of the political themes is how technologically less advanced humans try to cope with more advanced aliens that want to destroy humanity. It reflects how many people in the world felt about the military interventions of the United states. The aliens even say that humans are bugs, which mirrors US propaganda from the cold war that depicted Chinese people as an insect colony.

The author has a philosophy related to Daoism and Taoism that teaches indifference to the suffering of others. I did not like that but he is not forcing it on you, his writing style is the opposite of Ayn Rand's. (She is trying to force the reader to see the world her way in a very obnoxious way)

<what else can be said

The science was very well researched for the time of release, but since then some of the predictions have been refuted.
The secondary theme in those books is the idea that civilizations are trial and error.
The ending of the third book is lame.
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 No.6993[Reply]

>All emotions come from within.

You can't always control the external words, but you can control your emotional response to it. Focus on what you can control - namely, yourself. Conversely, if you can control someone else's emotions, you control them. Maintain emotional independence at all costs.

>Bravery and courage are the most important virtues.


Courage isn't absence of fear. Rather, it is action in the face of fear. Most of your problems would be solved if you'd be less of a pussy.

>Develop a bias toward action.


With limited exception, passivity will get you nowhere. Action and movement, on the other hand, will grant you the ability to overcome obstacles. You are not your feelings. You are no your thoughts. You are what you do. Pour energy into taking action on the things you can control. Stop talking or caring so much about things outside your control. The former makes you stronger and more capable. The latter makes you weak and a victim.

>The end or goal doesn't matter as much as practice.


A person who strongly desires to be fit but never exercises won't get fit. Conversely, a person with no particular goal yet who nonetheless exercises daily will reap the reward of fitness.
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 No.7002>>7003

>>7001
>>7001
Aren't we just all coping through capitalism?
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 No.7003

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>>7002
You're right anon, and communism is the ultimate cope
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 No.7004

>>7001
'nations are born stoic and die epicurean'

- Comrade Will Durant
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 No.7964

>Comfort is the enemy.

>Comfort breeds weakeness. Contentment breeds decay. Look at obstacles as a means toward growth, and embrace discomfort. It is only through being challenged and facing difficulty that one is able to develop in a positive way.


Ah yes, the guilt tripping against contentment.
"Real men never rest, they always seek more".

That kind of mentality is what leads to burnout after doing the hedonic treadmill.
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 No.7965

Stoicism is just the male version of "empathy".
Also, real stoics are flat-affect autists


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 No.7911[Reply]

Thread about planning, programs, laws, and practice (by the state or others) that have the characteristics of being politically incorrect and or morally questionable, but reasonable and or executable.

My specific request, give me literature about sterilization (forced or not) of people of color, breeding programs, family planning, and eugenics. Not talking about one of those "nAZi BreeDIng ProgRAm DoeSN't WOrK!!! *insert soy" type of books and documents. I am talking about literatures that actually tells me how it is done and doesn't just smear dung all over it.

>inb4 just go at library and gov websites bro

<no
<I have specific sub mental disability of ADHD that doesn't allow me to do things that even a autist could.
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 No.7915

Are you that brownanon that's obsessed with white skin?
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 No.7963

I think you should better spend your eugenic efforts on elimination of autism


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 No.7919[Reply]

>Degrees are fucking worthless—limp dick energy.
>Jobs that needed high school now want degrees because employers are lazy fucks.
>Student debt piles up like a cum rag, and you’re stuck paying for useless paper.
>Graduates flip burgers with philosophy degrees because nobody gives a shit.
>Employers don’t care about skills—just flash your overpriced diploma like a stripper’s ass.
>Colleges are diploma mills, churning out degrees like a cheap whore.
>Poor kids get fucked—can’t afford the golden ticket to a “real job.”
>Degrees mean nothing when every idiot has one.
>Innovation dies because everyone’s chasing credentials instead of doing cool shit.
>Job market’s a circus—need a master’s to answer phones like a trained monkey.
>Trades get ignored because society thinks you’re a loser without a degree.
>People waste years in college to check a box for some corporate dickhead.
>Employers want PhDs for jobs that pay less than a stripper’s tip jar.
>System’s a pyramid scheme—colleges win, you get fucked.
Society says you’re worthless without a degree, even if you’re talented as fuck.
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 No.7924>>7949

is anything that OP said actually true?
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 No.7949>>7962

>>7924
If OP is lying, why are so many college educated people working dead end jobs?
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 No.7950>>7951

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>not a book
>not educational
>just some imageboard poster's banal 2008 rant
>no insights
>complete cluelessness about why capitalism maintains an unemployment rate above minimum
>"education is paywalled"
>actively avoids posting anything of educational value for free which could bypass this, and instead demands attention for a trite, half-assed take from 20 years ago
>"hey everybody, look at my bold take"
>le school bad
>"debate me, protip u can't"
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 No.7951

>>7950
I mean he's got a point about degrees, we probably should have gone with radian angular measurements.
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 No.7962

>>7949
i dont know. doesnt mean OP is telling the truth. or lying.


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 No.7942[Reply]

Thank you to all the autists at PCB for writing down every irrelevant political movement known to mankind.

Discuss the wiki and post the articles, comics and animations you found funny or interesting.

Link to the wiki:
https://polcompball.wikitide.org/wiki/Main_Page

Link to the PCBA wiki:
https://polcompballanarchy.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

Link to the subreddit:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/

Link to the PCBA subreddit:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Polcompballanarchy/
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 No.7943>>7944

What fresh autism is this?
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 No.7944

>>7943
Political autism.


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