If you really consider reading Mein Kampf, don’t.
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Kalkaline@leminal.space 6 months ago
Ayn Rand is where modern right wing ideology started. You really don’t need to read a whole book, she beats you over the head with the message repeatedly.
Fast forward to the Rush Limbaugh talk show and listen to some of his monologues.
Then jump back to Mein Kampf to see the future of the right wing.
It’s all bullshit, and it’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole of right wing talking points. Ask critical questions like what happens to the most vulnerable populations under that system and you realize quickly that it’s Sparta all over again and they will be actively killed because they believe in eugenics.
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ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I thought your review of conservatism was very fair and balanced. I give it a perfect 5/7.
MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Hard disagree with Rand, thats just a libertarian circle jerk.
Better would be anything from Jefferson. If you really want to get into the weeds, the Anti-Federalists from the 1790’s opposing the Constitution in favor of keeping the original Articles of Confederation that governed the US right after independence.
Allero@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Jefferson sounds like a barely relevant choice from a very distant time, something that an average libertarianist will shove in people’s faces without telling it fails to describe shortcomings of capitalism highlighted by later thinkers.
But as a starting point, I see how that may be useful. Thank you!
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
If you’re looking for credible conservatives who actually confront the shortcomings of capitalism, I can’t think of any. But these early writings were pretty well-thought out and are foundational to later ideas, so I think they’re worth reading.