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Hate Reads (What to read so you can counter quote bigots) (lemmy.world)

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A life time ago I lost a friend to Objectivist philosophy. Not wanting to lose said friend, I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to try and figure out why he was acting like an asshole all of a sudden.

I took a couple points of psychic damage in the process, but at least I can stand my own when offering counter arguments against their edgy philosophies.

What are some other works that it would be handy to be knowledgeable of the next time a philosophical edge lord tries to quote me into a corner?

I'm looking to be more well informed in conversation.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

To be completely honest I don't think Mein Kampf is worth the read and any other derivative that follow it are just worse takes like "The Turner Diaries".

Turns out ethno-fascists don't have anything to back them up except fear and hatred so their fiction tends to fall flat.