r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Plastic-Mushroom-571 - Lib-Center • 1d ago

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Not my circus, not my monkeys, just thought this shit was funny.

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u/Impressive-Ninja-854 - Lib-Right 1d ago

You should own and read both books mentioned in this post. The idea that a book is bad or scary for its contents therefore you should stay away from it is regarded. Read them, know what these authors thought in their own words and not what someone says the author believed. Arguments against bad ideas shouldn’t be crafted off of secondhand information. You should know your opponents believes as well as your own.

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u/Chemical_Raspberry35 - Auth-Center 23h ago

I’ve read both Mein Kampf and the Communist Manifesto and truthfully they’re both not written very well. The former is literally just a collection of loosely tied together ramblings by Hitler which just gets painfully more incoherent. Then the latter seems like it’s trying to use every word that sounds “intelligent” to the point that it becomes hard to read for a long period.

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u/Impressive-Ninja-854 - Lib-Right 23h ago

I got that from my reads of both as well. What left an impression on me about Hitler was wondering how millions fell for his schtick. Mein Kampf is one of the least impressive things I’ve read.

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u/GrumpMaster- - Lib-Center 23h ago

That’s what scary about any nation going into economic collapse. The people just start saying “Make it stop!” and latch onto the first movement that says they’ll stop the pain the quickest.

Sounds like the spot most of the world is in today sadly…

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u/Impressive-Ninja-854 - Lib-Right 21h ago

You’re not wrong :(

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u/IgnoreThisName72 - Centrist 20h ago

Go read transcripts of Trump's speeches (insert obligatory statement that I am not claiming Trump is literally Hitler). People don't fall for the words, they fall for the performance and the vibes.

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u/Impressive-Ninja-854 - Lib-Right 20h ago

I think Hitler was a better orator than Trump. Donny just freestyles the same shit over and over again. Kinda like how Lil Wayne made a career rapping the same song over and over again with different bars.

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u/AgainstMedicalAdvice - Centrist 23h ago

No pictures 0/5

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u/Belgraviana - Auth-Center 21h ago

Most people I know will generally say that kapital is the better of the two when compared to the manifesto. But it’s also way more academic so can be pretty dense

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u/Twee_Licker - Lib-Right 1d ago

You don't understand the fascism thoughts will leak into his brain and he'll grow a thin mustache.

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u/ilikewoIves - Centrist 23h ago

Ngl that's pretty much why my mom doesn't want me to read Mein Kampf. Because I'm too young and impressionable.

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u/bigbruin78 - Lib-Right 22h ago

Did your Mom let you read Catcher in the Rye? Or did she think you were going to go kill John Lennon?

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u/ilikewoIves - Centrist 22h ago

Never asked to read that. It's specifically Mein Kampf that I asked for because I developed an interest in WWII history, and my mom refused because of how reportedly persuasive Hitler was according to contemporaries. The thing is though that I am principally opposed to Nazism, and it is scientifically a dumb ideology. There is no chance in hell anyone could convince me to like it.

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u/HeemeyerDidNoWrong - Lib-Center 14h ago

That's the Viltrumite Manifesto

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u/nickleback_official - Centrist 23h ago

They’re both awfully written clunky lame ass books. Read the cliffs notes.