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comment by kleinbl00

Haven't read that one. Just downloaded it from Audible.

I just started Said's Orientalism and I fear it's going to be a long slog.





user-inactivated  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The book has a nice sleuthing pace. I have more success getting people to read it, than most.

Factually it is a great explination of how the US stunts democracy, and prosperity everywhere else. The conflicts tend to compound with time.

I prefer to read books to the news. The news is too upsetting, and confusing. Books are more rational, and I understand the news better afterwards. If I pay as much attention to the news as I would like, I tend to break.

kleinbl00  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can tell that. I was speaking for myself.

People like my Mom just don't have any basic understanding.

kleinbl00  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

and your mom is legion

user-inactivated  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yup, but I unschooled her into trying.

She told me she didn't really disagree with me, as a kid, just didn't understand. What she was mad about was I treated them like the were stupid. My step dad is kinda slow, and sensitive to that. I was also quite particularly strange.