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Democracy in America (Volumes 1 and 2, Unabridged) | Alexis De Tocqueville

"I do not mean that there is no deficiency of wealthy individuals in the United States; I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men, and where the profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

Chrissyreadit perfect quote for the insanity of enriching billionaires and destroying a portion of the country! 1h

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Trashcanman

Homo Viator: Introduction to a Metaphysic of Hope | Gabriel Marcel

Hope consists in asserting that despair is not the last word.

— Gabriel Marcel, Homo Viator

PurpleyPumpkin 💜💜💜 5h

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monalyisha

All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess | Becca Rothfeld

“Only someone who longs to be no one could savor the deprivations of a decluttered mind, a room bereft of furniture or ornament.”

I keep thinking about my study of Buddhism (and Hinduism) in college, as part of my Religious Studies major. Admittedly, these were survey courses and I feel like I only grazed the surface. But I keep remembering my initial, wholesale rejection of Buddhism — and my professor‘s response. 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/4: I hated that god was thought of as nothing; that the goal was to be no one. I much preferred Hinduism‘s conception of god(s) as The All. My professor explained to me that god was nothing and practicioners endeavored to be nothing in the sense that god is no(t one) thing because god is everything. We are no(t) one because we are everyone. Everything flows into everything else. 11h

monalyisha 2/4: In this sense, mindfulness doesn‘t strive for “deprivation,” as Rothfeld argues, but fluid, extreme connection. It *is* excess.

Anyway, I don‘t regularly practice mindfulness. And I‘m not Buddhist. I‘m not everyone, I‘m not everything, at least not all of the time. I like having my own preferences, too, and I agree with the author that it‘s not a state I want to strive for all the time. 11h

monalyisha 3/4: But it‘s a gorgeous perspective to let filter into your consciousness occasionally (and to allow that it might filter in at any moment, in every aspect). In this essay, Rothfeld strikes me as being too dismissive and sure of herself when there‘s maybe more at play here than she understands. For me, my knee-jerk dismissal was a matter of language. I disliked the wording — not the whole of the nuanced idea. 11h

monalyisha 4/4: Rothfeld says she‘s criticizing modern mindfulness as divorced from its religious and communal context, but, if that‘s true, her assurance seems paltry and not oft-repeated enough for the length and breadth of her critique. This essay feels jabby and personal, and maybe a little immature. 11h

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LitsyEvents

Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

Repost for @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Up Next for #SheSaid #BuddyRead

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

Up Next for #SheSaid!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1d

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Alora

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A -: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life | Mark Manson

so-so

Decent book about your values and how they affect your life. Vulgar at times but entertaining and a fun, easy read.

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Amiable

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

I‘m a nonfiction geek, so these are the books that come to mind for when I need an emotional pep talk: Historians of fascism offer their guides to surviving and resisting America‘s recent turn towards authoritarianism. Because those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Thanks for the tag, @Chrissyreadit !
#overcomingevilempires

AmyG, TheBookHippie, Susanita, TheLudicReader, Suet624, Deblovestoread, CBee, dabbe

Deblovestoread Great suggestions. I didn‘t know about the Albright book. 2d

TheBookHippie @Deblovestoread it‘s really good I think you‘ll like it! 2d

TheBookHippie Yes to all of these!!! 2d

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dabbe Definitely on the nonfiction TBR! 🤩 2d

AnnCrystal 🫂 Really wish this wasn't the case 👏🏼🥲✊🏼🦅✌🏼📚💝. 2d

Chrissyreadit love these and need them on my nonfiction bookshelf 💛🎉🙌 2d

AmyG A friend just read the Albright book and said it was a must read. Great choices. 2d

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kspenmoll

When I Was a Child I Read Books | Marilynne Robinson

I am just reading the Preface & this pertinent quote popped out at me. #foodforthought #14books14weeks

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AnnCrystal 🙏🏼🦅✌🏼💝💝💝. 2d

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GingerAntics

Arguing for a Better World: How to talk about the issues that divide us | Arianne Shahvisi

I am so sorry. It‘s been a crazy weekend.
Do all lives matter?
#ArianneShahvisi #ArguingForABetterWorld #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp @CatLass007 @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie

GingerAntics In reality, yes. Socially, no. It‘s why we have to say “Black Lives Matter” in the first place! 2d

TheBookHippie Right?!?!?! the “not all men” makes me vomit. Yes. Men. Most of them. Almost all. So sit down. 2d

Eggbeater All lives aren't currently being treated by society as though they matter. But if you're a rich, white billionaire with a penis, you just hit the jackpot. 2d

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TheBookHippie @Eggbeater 💯💯💯💯💯 2d

Deblovestoread @Eggbeater Got it in one 🎯 2d

Amiable All lives should matter. But they don‘t. Which is why Black Lives Matter! 2d

lil1inblue @Eggbeater 🎯🎯🎯 2d

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie I'm so sick of not all men, too. I just say, "It's all men until it's no men." 2d

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie EXACTLY!!! Stop acting like you‘re being attacked and claiming it‘s not you, and tell a man who IS doing this crap to stop. Then we can talk. 2d

GingerAntics @Eggbeater 🎯🎯🎯 spot on! 2d

GingerAntics @lil1inblue 1000% yes 2d

GingerAntics @Amiable EXACTLY!!! If Black Lives Matter or “this guy assaulted me” offends you, then maybe you should ask yourself why instead of acting like you‘re somehow offended. You‘re not offended, you‘re pissed that someone is daring to question your authority as a white person or as a man. 2d

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics yes this. 2d

AnnCrystal All Lives Do Matter! Indigenous Americans highlights “All Children Matter.“

I believe that schools need to begin teaching lessons on empathy, and the necessity of being humane. 2d

GingerAntics @AnnCrystal I totally agree! I would love to see that happen. 2d

GingerAntics @lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Knitting Cult Lady told a story about this time she was in a local community group online, and this woman was asking for help moving because her husband was abusive and she wanted to get her and the kids out… not a single man volunteered. When asked why, every one of them said “he might hurt me.” Bro, you‘re afraid? What do you think she is? Only the women would help her. 2d

GingerAntics @lil1inblue @TheBookHippie these are the same people who say “why didn‘t she just leave if she was so afraid of him?” 🙄 until men start calling out other men‘s behaviour, until men by default believe women when they say they‘ve been abused, until men show up for women, don‘t come at me with “not all men.” 2d

lil1inblue @GingerAntics 🎯 🎯 🎯“Until men start calling out other men's behaviour“ 🙌 2d

lil1inblue I guess along the same lines, it's also Black Lives Matter until all lives matter! 2d

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Librarybelle

Common Sense | Thomas Paine

It‘s been over 25 years since I last read this, and I feel like this is a good document to read on the 4th.

Anyone wish to join me reading this on the 4th? If so, we could post comments throughout our reading, but make it very lowkey.

Butterfinger I think I will join you. 2d

Librarybelle That‘s great, @Butterfinger ! 2d

TheBookHippie Yes I‘ll try to find my copy otherwise I‘ll get one! 2d

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Deblovestoread If i can get a copy I will join in. 2d

Librarybelle Yay, @TheBookHippie @Deblovestoread ! I‘m sure there is a copy somewhere online, such as on Project Gutenberg. It has to be in the public domain, I would think. My copy is from high school‘s AP Government class! 😂 2d

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle my son is working his job at the bookshop tonight 🤣 I too have my school copy somewhere 2d

Librarybelle @TheBookHippie 😂 An easy in to the bookstore, then! And a dangerous one too! 😂 2d

Deblovestoread FYI for those that might be interested if you have Spotify premium there is an audio version. 2d

IriDas Sounds fun. Especially since there are free copies all over the internet. :D 2d

Librarybelle Good to know, @Deblovestoread ! 2d

Librarybelle Yay, @IriDas ! 2d

kspenmoll I would like to join. I think my son has a copy. 48m

Librarybelle That‘s great, @kspenmoll ! 45m

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