Some books everyone here should read

14  2014-03-28 by Eternal_Atom

Society

"Fast Food Nation"- Eric Schlosser

"The Deliberate Dumbing down of america" - Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt

"The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950"- Avner Offer

Politics

"America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq"-Stephen Kinzer.

Economics

"But Will the Planet Notice?: How Smart Economics Can Save the World"-Gernot Wagner

Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins

Manufacturing Consent- Noam Chomsky

The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Watts

Misc

"Secrets in the Fields" - Freddy Silva

"Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time" -Carrol Quigley

Suggestions

The Grand Chess Board - Zbigniew Brzezinski Suggested by /u/Conspiracy_Account

The Long Emergency - James Howard Kunstler

Empire Of Illusion - Chris Hedges

The Collapse of Complex Societies - Joseph Tainter

The End Of Growth - Richard Heinberg Suggested by /u/TechNarcissist88

Who Will Tell The People - William Greider

Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country - William Greider suggested by /u/wwwwho

26 comments

3  Dogeholio 2014-03-28

This deserves an upvote.

Sadly, the internet generation are not really much on reading, let alone 1300 page tomes like Tragedy and Hope. ;)

I wonder how the illuminati get their modern kids to read the European classics they were indoctrinated with ??

2  Eternal_Atom 2014-03-28

Yeah, I do feel as if most people don't read. However, once the seed is planted I feel as if people are more likely to read more. One book I showed my friends was "The God delusion" and that opened their eyes to an extent but it would be harder to get most people ~25 to read some of these books.

2  errihu 2014-03-28

How do they keep the next gen in line? Horrific abuse starting from early childhood. Survivor and escapee accounts such as the one presented by 'Svali' on David Wilcock's site make it clear that the indoctrination starts early and is reinforced regularly. Hers is by no means the only account available and they all pretty much corroborate the notion that order is maintained and reinforced through continuous abuse all throughout the life of the member. I've spoken with a survivor (and no I don't have leave to disclose their identity) myself and this was corroborated.

While there might very well be plenty who are honestly evil people, the ones who are tortured into compliance might be reachable somehow and persuaded to defect.

1  21022012 2014-03-28

private schools

2  Dogeholio 2014-03-28

Understood, but how does that work in the era of Facebook ?

I'm guessing their crop of replacements is getting quite a bit thinner yearly just from societal attrition.

Apologies to OP for derailing.

0  21022012 2014-03-28

i dunno but they're smart guys they probably have figured something out

1  wwwwho 2014-03-28

and they are always on the look out for new talent Rhodes Scholars start reading about 1960 for a lot of names you will know.

3  smokinbluebear 2014-03-28

Congrats--keep reading and remember: good books lead to more good books!

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2  [deleted] 2014-03-28

Tragedy and hope is a classic. Not many will have the patience for the whole thing. Detailed exceprts which would be more suitable, and an online version are available online. Shouldn' t be too hard to find with google.

1  wwwwho 2014-03-28

Tragedy and Hope condensed

1  [deleted] 2014-03-28

Thanks. Being on the phone makes it tedious to provide links.

2  21022012 2014-03-28

so much to read so little time

2  Squackula 2014-03-28

The 2 Kinzers are the same book. And it's a great read. I've read most of the others as well. Thanks for the other recommendations too.

1  Eternal_Atom 2014-03-28

Thanks for pointing it out but there is no edit option in the main post I will fix it now. I must have made the mistake while organising them into categories.

1  Squackula 2014-03-28

All good, EA.

1  Conspiracy_Account 2014-03-28

The Grand Chess Board by Zbigniew Brzezinski is another one.

http://www.takeoverworld.info/Grand_Chessboard.pdf

He's been an instrumental figure in US foreign policy for decades and this is a road map for what has happened in recent times.

2  Eternal_Atom 2014-03-28

I added it to the main post, thanks for the suggestion.

1  TechNarcissist88 2014-03-28

The Long Emergency - James Howard Kunstler

Empire Of Illusion - Chris Hedges

The Collapse of Complex Societies - Joseph Tainter

The End Of Growth - Richard Heinberg

2  wwwwho 2014-03-28

I enjoyed this Chris Hedges talk It's only an hour the rest is Q&A.

2  Eternal_Atom 2014-03-28

I added it to the main post, they are all added to my personal list now.

1  wwwwho 2014-03-28

Who Will Tell The People - William Greider, is a great book though his examples are slightly dated. I wish he would do an updated re-release. Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country is another classic.

1  Eternal_Atom 2014-03-28

I added it to the list. I will check it out myself when I get a chance.

1  sensimilla420 2014-03-28

I would add the New Jim Crow and Green is the New Red

1  KickUntilItBreaks 2014-03-28

A Brief History of Neoliberalism - David Harvey

0  dmalexa 2014-03-28

Dune. Good for the spirit

-1  LordMandrake_ 2014-03-28

I also have some suggestions if I may add them...

Anything by Bill Cooper. Also, some occult philosophy books never hurt anyone.

-The Kybalion, the three initiates. -The Code to The Matrix, Sevan Bomar.

1  Squackula 2014-03-28

All good, EA.