"I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers."
People who don't know the difference between the Soviet economic system and liberal tax policies are in no position to lecture anyone about "communism."
we live in a book desert
access to affordable, reading options (especially healthy, organic, unprocessed prose) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of real bookstores
big book pushes processed ai slop covers and adulterated reprints
An automaton fuelled by tomes of newly available knowledge sweeps away the old society. No, not a self-portrait by ChatGPT in the style of a Georgian satirical print, but one of several “March of Intellect” cartoons published ca. 1828: https://t.co/01UrRs5C1q