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Gulag archipelago
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:23 pm
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:23 pm
Is this a good read ? I’m thinking of starting it but it looks tedious
Thoughts ?
Thoughts ?
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Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:59 am to Hogules68
Fantastic book that is absolutely brutal to get though in parts. It is so depressing and real you have to put it down sometimes.
We are so spoiled as Americans we don’t even understand true evil. The evil in America hides in the shadows and operates at night. The evils in authoritarian communism operate in broad daylight for all to see.
We are so spoiled as Americans we don’t even understand true evil. The evil in America hides in the shadows and operates at night. The evils in authoritarian communism operate in broad daylight for all to see.
This post was edited on 5/3/25 at 7:41 am
Posted on 5/3/25 at 11:22 am to Hogules68
Brutal and essential.
Posted on 5/3/25 at 2:34 pm to Ace Midnight
Thanks
Posted on 5/4/25 at 10:32 am to Hogules68
Well worth reading.
You will think twice before you stop clapping for someone ever again
You will think twice before you stop clapping for someone ever again
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 10:33 am
Posted on 5/5/25 at 12:35 pm to prplhze2000
Just started it
Posted on 5/24/25 at 11:47 pm to Ace Midnight
I thought it was great. It was long. I did an audio book and listened to it while I walked my dog.
What are some other books you guys find essential?
I’m not much for fiction.
What are some other books you guys find essential?
I’m not much for fiction.
Posted on 5/26/25 at 7:53 pm to Slevin7
Well into it
It’s brutal both as a read and the details makes you appreciate the USA
It’s brutal both as a read and the details makes you appreciate the USA
Posted on 6/10/25 at 5:17 pm to Hogules68
It is a spectacular way to understand how an entire nation, psychologically and individually, can so easily fall prey to the evils of Marxism.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:37 pm to Barbellthor
Hitler, Franco, Mussolini, Mao, pol pot, Pinochet, it’s a very long list…
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:40 pm to Slevin7
Essential in what sense or genre?
Posted on 6/14/25 at 12:36 pm to ecb
Essential in understanding mans inhumanity to man.
Posted on 6/15/25 at 12:23 pm to beulahland
Hmm good luck with that ??
Posted on 6/15/25 at 10:04 pm to Hogules68
Been sitting on my shelf for a while. Just read Blood Meridian, so I am going lite for a bit.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:26 pm to Hogules68
Really good read. Should be a must read in High School
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:29 pm to Hogules68
I read the first volume last year, but I haven’t conquered volume 2 or 3 yet. It’s deep. You can be arrested for anything and everything and be gone forever, and it doesn’t matter your class or status either. You could be loyal your whole life yet the second you slip up and say something you’re gone.
Posted on 7/1/25 at 8:12 am to Slevin7
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What are some other books you guys find essential?
For non-fiction? I would have to list:
The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William Shirer
Shelby Foote's Civil War 3-volume set
Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
The Guns of August - Barbara Tuchman
Literally anything by Thomas Sowell
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