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Less ideology based than I expected it. Much more based on history and contemporary proceedings instead. It having 8 prefaces is also interesting, Marx and Engels added onto it while things related happened e.g. the actions of the Paris Commune 1871. When Marx died Engels continued to write those.

Good book, altough there are some weird takes in it. It is still refreshing to read anti-industrial literature as it is uncommon.

Uncle Ted had some points.

Certainly one of the most interesting books I’ve read lately. It’s an issue I fortunately have no experience with but felt the urge to know more about. The author tries to make clear, once the stigma on mental illness and as a colloraly suicide is not as bad anymore in society, then life would be a lot better for those in need.

It is not a problem such as a lethal illness, there is help. And if society gets educated on it then we are able to help those in need and stop the current suicide epidemic.

Expected way lots of new things in this marxist read, but it ended up being Marx and Engels recited and corrected after the 50 years between those’s main period.

It was nothing very impressive, he basically said “oh but recently that happened, marx said that wouldnt happen decades ago”.

And the last third he starts rambling about his own theory about revolution. Disappointed with this one.

Refreshingly different read, the book is made out of six diaries of the protagonist “Stiller” and one of his prosecutor which became friends over the period of his condemnation.

Stiller does not think he is the Swiss Stiller, but an American citizen instead. During his diaries he finds out about Stiller while beliefing that is a totally foreign guy to him.

Enjoyed this one very much. Thesis is that capitalism has ended and we are now in the system of “Technofeudalism”. The feudal lord being big tech companies and the serfs e.g. users of their services. Novel thoughts, well written, guided in a discussion between Varoufakis and his dad.

Thinking back to reading it, that was one of the books that had such an iconic use of English that it changed my own.

Hemingways use of language is very characteristic, I can’t put into words what it was, but it changed something for me. Something clicked