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Hate Reads (What to read so you can counter quote bigots) (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by ZeffSyde@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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A life time ago I lost a friend to Objectivist philosophy. Not wanting to lose said friend, I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to try and figure out why he was acting like an asshole all of a sudden.

I took a couple points of psychic damage in the process, but at least I can stand my own when offering counter arguments against their edgy philosophies.

What are some other works that it would be handy to be knowledgeable of the next time a philosophical edge lord tries to quote me into a corner?

I'm looking to be more well informed in conversation.

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[–] rikudou 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Add Thus Spoke Zarathustra to that list, nihilism is the best -ism there is!

[–] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oooh that's one that I've missed. I've been keenly focused on founding texts of popular philosophy and ideology. How I missed Nietzsche is beyond me. Maybe because I've been trying to focus on texts that rub me the wrong way.

Thanks for the reminder about Nietzsche!