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I haven't read it and I want to though I don't feel like ordering yet another book as I have done so a few times in the past weeks.

I found a pdf which seems to be the book but I also found that other versions are longer/have more pages.

Anyone that can provide me with a link?

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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the title I thought it was gonna be a joke post

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No my DuckDuckGo search was just weird I guess. Only links to Amazon and similar companies.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ya my duckduckgo results have been pretty terrible recently. Like I'm thinking of switching.

[–] Imnecomrade@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I recommend using Yandex to search for pirated content. DuckDuckGo basically uses Bing as a primary source, and mainstream Western search engines tend to shove paid streaming services and shopping links down your throat.

Using a metasearch engine like SearXNG is what I recommend for a main use search engine. I also like 4get. There's also Marginalia for text heavy websites and Wiby for a curated search engine for content-first sites.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks heaps for that. I saved your comment for future use. Ya I use yandex regularly, but not the other sites you mentioned.

[–] Imnecomrade@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I also recommend looking at the list of search engines and websites that SearXNG supports in the link I gave you. It helped me discover many search engines I wasn't aware of.

[–] Finiteacorn@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i know someone already made a more specific suggestion but: https://annas-archive.org/ I have found almost every single book i have looked for there.

[–] sovecon@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i think it's important to read other things that go with it.
sakai wrote it as a polemic against a specific narrative common in the american left at the time. the context is important to sakai's workas many people nowadays misinterpret his work because they come to it in our new context.

some of its economic content is lacking but it is worth reading.
also do respect to sakai and don't become a keyboard warrior over his text, treating it like a religious doctrine to be prosletyzed. the way some people simply throw his text around like received wisdom is so irksome. they treat it like a speech from a videogame character instead of a polemic by an actual human being written in an important context.

i wish you an empowering read comrade. don't let it stay as words in your head but let it become actions.