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we're required to read this non-educational book for uni and a few pages in i already fucking hate it, just arrogant patting itself on the back how humanity has solved famine, plague and war while uhhhh *gestures around*
ah ok at least they recontextualize this in the pages after
but it's still very very biased 'yea we solved these', in the west, and capitalism, and states
ok fuck this book, 16 pages in and it just keeps getting worse
@f0x ugh. I wonder if this kind of shit gets published because people think it's harmless?
Being told we live in a post sexist society fucked me up real bad when I started running into sexism at work. It's not harmless at all. :/
@starless it really has to be malice imo there's literally no way you could do any actual research and come to these conclusions...
@f0x ugh, I'm sorry. In the states, there's often, like, a kind of jingoist/patriotism that feels like it's driving things. Most folks just parrot the stuff, IMO.
What year was the piece published?
@starless it's like, an actual book, published in 2015/2016, which very much presents itself as knowing all and predicting the future but how can you ever predict the future when you can't even describe the past right lol
@f0x it depends on your goals, I think. Being able to read, understand, and remember something you strongly disagree with or hate is a very good skill. It's also very hard.
If you have the luxury, you might find that marking up your physical copy helps. Color coded highlights, etc. Take it in pieces, break it down, peel the components off the mouldering foundation and examine them in better light..
If you don't have the energy, bow out or whatever, but in my opinion, a better world involves bridges, not walls, and sometimes the only way to convince someone they're wrong is to be willing to listen for a few minutes.
It's jack for them to put this as assigned reading, though. Way disproportionate burden.
@starless mhh yeah but I don't think so :(( the next best option is to just try getting away with not reading it all i think