The Communist Manifesto? Is that a video game?

Leon Trotsky? What’s his Twitter handle?

Antonio Gramsci? Did he invent Instagram?

  • MCU_H8ER [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    In what country? In the USA, a lot of people don’t read books unless it’s required for school or work. If they do read for pleasure, it’s often young adult, bs ‘self help’ (ie Rich Dad, Poor Dad), or shallow non fiction that reinforces what they already believe.

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      1 year ago

      If I ever write a book I’m going to include ‘spark notes’ or something similar in the title so people buy it thinking they won’t have to read the full book.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I would say that the biggest exposure kids have to reading anything related to politics here is Animal Farm for school, and that’s not even that common. The average person here does not read dense poli-phil tomes even if they do read at all.