/mlpol/ - My Little Politics

I recently finished "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. It's really /comfy/ and thought-encouraging read. And more than a socialism's praise it's more of a capitalism's criticism. Read it, fagets.

Currently on Book 4 of "The Story of Civilization" by Will Durant. It's basically just a survey course of world history but he's pretty thorough and even-handed about events, plus he includes a lot of information about the art and culture of world civs that you don't usually get from a normal history survey. Highly recommend, particularly for anyone who doesn't have a lot of background in history and is looking for a good place to get started.

>>108068
I recently finished each of these books. Each one was quite enjoyable

I've only read the first in the "Janissaries" series, but the cover on the third gives more of an idea as to what its about than the rest

>>108076
I probably should exlain each in case others are interested

1) starship troopers
You get the very basic idea from the movie, but the book completely blows the film out of the water, as most books do, a young man unsure of what he wants to really do with his life signs up for Military service to earn his citizenship and finds out that the military life has changed him more than he ever thought it could.

2) The King In Yellow
While not being written by Lovecraft this does take place in his mythos and in classic lovecraftian fashion of being told though letters and accounts. this book rates more along the lines of a psychological horror rather than a cosmic one like most in the mythos but if you have an Idea of lovecraft you have the gist

3) the Alternative
a political peace, most of you from /pol/ already know of it

4) Jannissaries
Soldiers from different times and places are abducted to fight in a galactic war where they are supplies with gear and native period equipment, many of them go into battle multiple times and meet their fate only to be brought back again unless killed in a specific way

Right now I'm reading The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari, which Murray Rothbard described by calling it "the first presentation anywhere in human history of what is now called “anarcho-capitalism” (See the attached PDF)
Also, what's a good starting point for getting into Evola? I've heard about him and he sounds interesting, so I've been curious about reading some of his work.

>>108068
Various things on science, art and IT.

>>108076
>the King in Yellow
Protip: Don't read act 2 of the play. Not even the first line.
-A Cell

>>108119
I'm also looking forward to reading pic related. A collection of delta Green short stories. I don't know if the collection is good yet, but I suspect that I'll enjoy it.

I think /pol/acks may enjoy delta Green. Here's a quick rundown on delta Green:

It's a modern day setting within the Cthulu mythos. Originally a special section of the OSS that studied and opposed Nazi Germany's delving into the occult, Delta Green became a black budget organization of the US government that was tasked with protecting the nation against unknown forces such as the Deep One incursion into Innsmouth Massachusetts. An operation majorly fucks up in Cambodia during the Vietnam War and the government buried the program. Old veterans of DG recruit new blood and reorganize into a resistance style organization split into compartmentalized cells and continue the fight in secret via any means necessary. Meanwhile the US government has sold out its citizens in exchange for power and advanced technology from forces beyond the stars. Secrecy is a must for delta Green or else agents may find themselves receiving a visit from an NRO wet works team.

Just finished pic related now I’m on to the sequel. It was interesting, not so geoundbreaking as a fantasy novel, but as a mystery and political intrigue book it’s great.

Now I’m halfway through guns of Avalon and I’m hoping to get all five books in the first half of the series done this week.

I’ll keep y’all posted as I go if this thread survives.

>>108126
Like a total retard I forgot my pic.

>>108068
the Catholic Bible

If you haven't read them, the two Jurassic Park books are pretty good.
Has anyone read No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre?

>>108160
why not the real one though? :^)

>>108170
Whats No Exit about?

>>108209
I know it's the birth of the phrase "Hell is other people" and thats about it, I was asking if anyone had read it so they could recommend it.

>>108170
I read No Exit in high school, it was interesting. I actually rather like Sartre despite his socialist views.

Thaughts on pic related?

Reading Lovecraft and Clive Barker's Books of Blood. I have a couple of history books about the Amerindians and Incas I've been meaning to finish.

If you can find it, there's a book that contains:

Sun Tzu
The Art Of War

Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince

General Carl Von Clausewitz
On War

and
Frederick The Great
Instructions To His Generals

these are all a damn good read.

Might I also suggest the Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan. that entire series is a fucking great read.

>>108276

Another reason why I love the Russians. A story any scifi nerd aught to read, or gamer for that matter. That story is the basis of the whole S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Metro series, games that is still lauded today or still given new additions. More importantly than its effect on games, is how its inspired the scifi genre to consider other aspects of the encounter with alien civilizations and to give the environment primary role as the threat to the protagonist. Providing an experience slightly different for the reader by taking this approach to provide suspense. I think this mirror what H.P. Lovecraft did by not only creating strange creatures and humans with corrupted minds. Lovecraft involved the environment to a high degree to facilitate the eery, dangerous, or unfamiliar.

>>108286
Ah fuck, I almost recommended that, but I didn't know if anyone would like it.
It was a fucking amazing read. Definitely one of the better series I've read recently.

>>108160
Love a girl who knows her Latin.

>>108286
Great series. Loved it.

I finished The Production of Security, now I'm reading A Short History of Man, a collection of essays by Hans Hermann-Hoppe.

>>108285
I read The Prince a couple of months ago, really enjoyed that.

>>108068
The Gulag Archipelago. Captivating. Nonfiction account of the USSR nightmare world. Jordan Peterson's top recommendation.

Whaaaa no Ayn Rand?

>>108068
Im listening to White power by Commander George Lincoln Rockwell.

>>110367
Ayn Rand is a dumb kike that supported Israel.

>>110386
This.

>>110386
>>110387
>Not using all your resources to counter the commie threat
The master race, people.
No wonder they lost.

>>110390
Say that to my face kike. Youll get gased.

>>110390
And go into delusion with Rand's dribble? Her takes on metaphysics and the like is batshit insane. If I want to counter Marxism, I break down the labor theory of value. Not become some Jew drone.

>>110391
Who won the war?

>>110394
The Jews.

>>110395
>>110394
Wrong. The movment is still going. Its impossible to kill an idea.

>>110396
Well, you probably will be right when Hitler rises from the grave to bring forth the Fourth Reich.

>>110397
His spirit has already risen he is with us now.

>>110470
>Not posting the .PDF
Here you go Anons

>>110517
thanks

Any advice about Ayn Rand?
Redpilled or Jew shill?

>>110722
“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

Make your own decision on Rand, but don't pass it up simply because some neofaggots want to trash anything "Jew-related" and are utterly incapable of determining differences in people, despite being so-called individualists.

>>110766
>simply because some neofaggots
Say that to my face, faggot. Rand is at best a fiction author and at worst a pseudointellectual that attempted to build a philosophy on sand.

>>110396
>It's impossible to kill an idea
Wrong. To kill the idea of Hitler's NatSoc, just kill all white people.

←These give a quite nice list of books, I'm working my way through many of them at the moment.

Personally I quite enjoy listening to books while doing other things, even if I don't understand it as fully as I would reading the pages with the time it saves I can go through the book three times and have many parts memorized in the time it would take to read it.
Mises library is great, many audiobooks to download free and with youtube converters I can listen to other books even at work.
https://mises.org/library/books?book_type=All
https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/

These are the best books I've read I highly recommend all of them, if any you haven't yet read.

Basic Economics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiBD-crrvA
A very easy to understand look at political economics from a libertarian point of view. Keep in mind that this is just economics so it doesn't mention the good side of social programs and some of the more complicated ramifications.

The Dictators handbook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4aBFDhWpP8
A must read, they look at politics in a similar way as Machiavelli and Sun Tzu .
About as difficult as Basic Economics but it's worth watching this first to understand the basics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
The authors are clearly left leaning but even if you disagree with some points you can easily understand their argument.

The Bell Curve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YYZjsDsxQ
Unfortunately not the whole book but still give a good understanding of the points enjoyable and worth the time, if you want more you'd have to read the physical book

The Road to Serfdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gznfG9G3uxc
Talks about Socialism, Communism, National Socialism and (classical) Liberalism. Written in the 1940s it is a great book to understand politics, these ideologies and how we got to have the problems we face today. Quite a bit harder than the other three, nice to have a basic understanding of them before starting even if it's just 1984 and Animal farm.

Thus Spake Zarathustra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_xM2zlVzU
Eugenics, morality, religion and human nature.
The hardest to understand with lots of old English, metaphors and a sort of biblical style. Try watching a few Jordon Peterson videos before this since he explains some of the concepts in a much more pleasant style, also try reading Nietzsche's wiki page before starting so you can understand more of what is happening, It's a great book and worth the effort.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/382722/1/floored/chapter-1

not bad

Currently reading pic related

>>118464
this. should be required reading in school, along with starship troopers.

>>118464
Just picked the book up. Anything I should know before I start reading?

>>110370
>Listening to
Where do you get a hard copy? Or .pdf? I like words on paper. Then again, I feel like I would be black bagged if someone looked at my computer (if they wouldn't already).

>>110766
I did like that analogy, and it puts a lot of laws into perspective. One of the other memorable quotes by one of the assholes (I think his name was Morris) was something I'll never forget:

"There aught to be a law!"

This is the cry of weak men. Strong men need no laws - they make their own, and the weak follow them because they are self evident truths.

But since you're reading Rand, remember Ragnar the pirate. That man is the future of the 'alt-right' movement, or whatever you want to call it. Terrorism that saves the common man, and so no one reports it. In fact, the normies defect willingly to him.

>>111715
>If the war is lost, the nation will also perish. This fate is inevitable. There is no necessity to take into consideration the basis which the people will need to continue a most primitive existence. On the contrary, it will be better to destroy things ourselves because this nation will have proved to be the weaker one and the future will belong solely to the stronger eastern nation [Russia]. Besides, those who remain after the battle are only the inferior ones, for the good ones have been killed.

Adolf Hitler
-On his infamous March 1945 'scorched earth' directive that Germany be made one vast wasteland, explaining it to Albert Speer

>>122682
Ragnar was probably one of the best characters.
Time for a re-read, probably been about 5 years since I last went through it.
I find Anthem to be pretty good as well.
>What did the socialist use before candles?
>Electricity

Here you go Anon's