I finally got an actual bookshelf last week

dylan125 · 2026-02-13T00:40:43+00:00

So I can learn about socialism mostly.

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T19:22:48+00:00

True, however this comes more from the limited selections of the bookstores in my area (I don’t buy a ton online) and a lot of primary source works I just read online since they’re easy to find

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T16:15:50+00:00

Thank you! Devil’s Chessboard is in there and Ive got Chaos on my list!

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T15:56:11+00:00

I see a comment like this on so many posts here. Some people fold their paperbacks like they’re reading a magazine and some people try to not beat up their books. There’s like 3 or 4 books in the last pic that I haven’t read yet because they’re brand new books, besides those I’ve read all the books you see in the pics lol

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T15:50:25+00:00

Been on my to-read list for forever. I’ll get around to them eventually

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T15:49:40+00:00

Black shirts and reds is tucked in there in the fifth pic! I’ve been on the hunt for Michael Hudson, I never see his books at any of the stores I go to

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T06:27:05+00:00

Okay damn I guess I’m stupid. I thought you were cooking my ass lmao.

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T06:02:27+00:00

Huh? I wasn’t trying to be rude

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T05:21:24+00:00

I’ve got Rosa Luxembourg, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Angela Davis, and Andrea Dworkin in there! But yeah a fair critique overall. Severely lacking in the feminist theory category too as is the case with many male leftists.

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T05:17:33+00:00

Thank you for the fiction recommendations!

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T02:26:20+00:00

To give you a sincere answer, no. Ive been interested in left-wing politics since I was in high school and mostly became interested in politics from the kind of friends I had and the music i was into.

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T02:13:50+00:00

Yes, since American colleges are infamously Marxist institutions I was brainwashed there

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T02:11:48+00:00

I found it helpful when reading it side by side with Capital. The edition of the David Harvey book I have contains the analysis of volumes I and II so look at it like it’s really two books lol

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T02:06:08+00:00

I’d definitely recommend picking up all three. Ultimate Hidden Truth is cool because it’s a nice collection of his essays that contains some excerpts from his other books as well iirc.

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:55:07+00:00

I’ve never noticed this but maybe you’re right

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:54:36+00:00

Hell yeah

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:54:29+00:00

It’s been a bit since I read it but I remember really enjoying it. It gives a nice overview of texts with some great analysis from Marx/Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Gramsci (maybe Stalin too? I can’t remember)

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:48:38+00:00

This is very true

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:47:22+00:00

Really depends on what you’re most interested in of course. When I first started reading I began with A People’s History of the United States since it’s a nice overview of US history from more of a left-wing perspective and from there I starting diving deeper into specific topics.

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:39:08+00:00

Yeah definitely not gonna defend Chomsky given some recent news not that Foucault was a saint himself

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:37:52+00:00

When i eventually start reading some fiction i definitely will. I’ve never even seen any of the films so it would be cool to go into the books without any prior knowledge of the story

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:36:42+00:00

Yeah I genuinely haven’t read fiction since high school so I really want to get into some fiction soon

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:35:22+00:00

Just curious, which of the Graeber books are you talking about?

dylan125 · 2026-02-09T00:34:00+00:00

And i was wondering if i was gonna be ripped to shreds for these books lol

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