I’ll go with the low-hanging fruit: Mein Kampf. I’ve read it, cover to cover. As a piece of propaganda, it’s good. As an example of good writing? Absolutely not (though I will admit I have only read it in translation). Oh, and the whole fascist, racist, and generally shitty worldview of the author that he infuses into the text. And the fact that the author is literally Hitler. You 5-star that book? You’re a Nazi. Period. And as a Jewish person, I don’t look too kindly on them.

  • galaxyrain_@alien.topB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Just a heads up, the guy who wrote that book (The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck) is actually a far-right extremist and hates stoicism (he equates it to socialism and nazism for some inexplicable reason) despite the book itself more or less aligning with a lot of principles of stoicism. I learned this recently and it was extremely weird to find out.