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UniversalCommons
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Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:37 am

What Tech Calls Thinking by Adrian Daub

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The Grene Knyght
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Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:33 pm

Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Spain, Felix Morrow
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Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
Currently
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2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
     
PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist

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Prosperus Happyland
Civil Servant
 
Posts: 9
Founded: May 01, 2018
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Prosperus Happyland » Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:36 pm

Master and Maragrita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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New Visayan Islands
Game Moderator
 
Posts: 9464
Founded: Jan 31, 2017
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby New Visayan Islands » Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:02 pm

Rereading Walter Miller Junior's A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Let "¡Viva la Libertad!" be a cry of Eternal Defiance to the Jackboot.
My TGs are NOT for Mod Stuff.

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Diarcesia
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Posts: 6789
Founded: Aug 21, 2016
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise

Postby Diarcesia » Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:03 pm

Luckyon wrote:The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It was the first book that I completely fell in love with

Bruh just right after my post which is adjacent to this series :P

Depending on who you ask, it can be a polarizing book. The blurb tells you outright the character appears to be a Gary Stu. But when I read further, you can tell that it's more complicated than that.

My assessment however is that Rothfuss is stronger in worldbuilding than in creating a plot.
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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:06 am

The Glass Hotel, Emily st John Mandel
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Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
Currently
Reading
2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
     
PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist

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The Macabees
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Founded: Antiquity
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Postby The Macabees » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:20 pm

Re-reading Hayek's The Road to Serfdom
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Leskya
Spokesperson
 
Posts: 173
Founded: Jan 05, 2017
Ex-Nation

Postby Leskya » Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:12 pm

The Life of a Useless Man by Maxim Gorky

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Fjarrej
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Posts: 10
Founded: Jan 23, 2021
Ex-Nation

Postby Fjarrej » Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:15 pm

(Audiobook) Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harrari.

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Gunov
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Posts: 37
Founded: Sep 11, 2020
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Gunov » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:27 am

I am reading Lyndon Johnson And The American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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The Macabees
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Posts: 3924
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:29 am

Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy
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The New California Republic
Post Czar
 
Posts: 35483
Founded: Jun 06, 2011
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby The New California Republic » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:30 am

The East German Economy, by Ian Jeffries and Manfred Melzer.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.

White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Swindenland
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Posts: 253
Founded: Aug 21, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Swindenland » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:34 am

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (in German)

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Carthatska
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Posts: 226
Founded: Nov 09, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Carthatska » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:36 am

Dry by Neal Shusterman
TG me if my posts are bad.

If New Caledonia was very French and also independent.

Nothing going on except everybody hates the President

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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:44 am

The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein by Robert Heinlein
The Internet killed gun control.
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Quotes
We Will Not Comply
They can’t stop the Signal
"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"Affordability
Suitability (.22LR for squirrels, bigger .22s for long range little things, and big-bore for legal hunting reasons, etc)
Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun

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Riam
Envoy
 
Posts: 274
Founded: Mar 11, 2021
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Riam » Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:51 am

Le Matin des magiciens, by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier.
Hiperurànion
Sobirà del Reialme Hiperurànic

«S’admet, perquè se sap. Però no es coneix pas.»

~In NS since May 31st 2004~

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Elwher
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 9240
Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:35 am

Richard White - Railroaded - The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
Ambrose Bierce

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Socialist States of Ludistan
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Posts: 1044
Founded: Apr 21, 2020
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Socialist States of Ludistan » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:50 am

The first Lord of The Rings book, so far it’s fine, I liked the Hobbit better.
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig again: but already was it impossible to say which was which.”

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European Federation Reunified
Diplomat
 
Posts: 505
Founded: Jun 20, 2020
Corporate Bordello

Postby European Federation Reunified » Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:22 pm

How We Got Along After the Bomb by Philip K. Dick

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The Macabees
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Posts: 3924
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:34 pm

New Visayan Islands wrote:Rereading Walter Miller Junior's A Canticle for Leibowitz.


This has always been on my to-read pile, I've heard it's fantastic.
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Katniss Everdean
Political Columnist
 
Posts: 2
Founded: Dec 31, 2018
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Katniss Everdean » Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:41 pm

The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills

The Power Elite is a 1956 book by sociologist C. Wright Mills, in which Mills calls attention to the interwoven interests of the leaders of the military, corporate, and political elements of society and suggests that the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those entities.

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Blargoblarg
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Posts: 2283
Founded: Sep 06, 2010
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Blargoblarg » Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:08 am

I'm re-reading Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey.
Claudia De la Cruz 2024 Article about her here
Democrats and Republicans are both right-wing capitalists owned by the rich and the big corporations. Major media in the US is also owned by the rich and big corporations.
Major study finds that America is an oligarchy, not a democracy
"Workers of the world, unite!" -Marx and Engels
You can read The State and Revolution by Lenin for free here
My 8values results My leftvalues results
I am autistic.


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Cereskia
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Posts: 318
Founded: Apr 01, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Cereskia » Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:39 am

Hardy Boys: Voodoo
About my Nation:
Overview | History | Geography | Politics | Military |Economy | International

GCRs suck, Epluribus Unum is an Overzealous Americanist, Hitler is Shitler, aaaaąăåäãâáàă
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Overamericanism in the forums!!

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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:22 am

The Heavens, Sandra Newman
[_★_]
(◕‿◕)
Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
Currently
Reading
2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
     
PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist

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