Atlas Shrugged
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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I think no one has read Manufacturing Consent beyond the first chapter.
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Infinite Jest is just a prop for most college dudebros to present themselves as smart and cool in an effort to get laid. 
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Gravity's rainbow
Nelson Mandela's autobiography, A Long Walk To Freedom. So many people want a copy to signal that they're cool and love the idea of the rainbow nation in South Africa, and that racism officially endedβ’ when Mandela wore a Springbok rugby jersey in 1995.
They don't realise that in his autobiography Mandela says that he takes inspiration from other left wing leaders like Mao Zedong and Fidel Castro, and rips into the ideology of people like F.W de Klerk. If they actually read it, they'd probably be shocked.
Probably meditations or some popular philosophy book.
Ulysses by James Joyce.
I convinced myself it was very important to read this book when I was 17, physically dragged my eyes across ~200 pages of it, and understood nothing of what was happening.
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