#but ignoring the way that some texts become a recruitment tools for fascists hoth historically and in modern day is like
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i spent months of my life selling books and all i got was this stupid encyclopedic knowledge of seemingly innocuous titles that cryptofascists cream themselves over
#there are so many books that are to me pretty clear red flags that someone is being or has been right wing radicalized#and often when i mention that connection in passing my friends and family are pretty shocked because they had no idea#but it is like with fascist dogwhistles or visual symbols in that they change all the time and try to seem innocuous#so that they'll fly under the radar amongst avowed antifascists and will provide an easy inroad for people who are open to radicalization#it's sometimes very baffling to me how people will joke about books like catcher in the rye being red flags#when truly truly truly self-help and 'health and wellness' titles contain such a dense body of reactionary shit in bland clothing#this has been very useful knowledge for me interpersonally at times as it's a helpful subtle red flag to be clued into and to avoid#but it's really hard to make this useful to other people because of both the volume of titles and the extent to which people#tend to assume i'm exaggerating and sort of dismiss what i'm saying#got into a bit of an argument with my last manager about a philosopher that a lot of right wingers love reading#and she was like 'oh i think it's just popular with people who want to learn about western society' and i was like god...........#like there are very few titles where i'd be like 100% of people who read it are reactionary freaks#but ignoring the way that some texts become a recruitment tools for fascists hoth historically and in modern day is like#idk it feels a little naive at best#sorry for ranting i know mononw cares about this as much as i do i just feel like cassandra about this sometimes#like if they love [book that i will not name because i don't want to get annoying anons] don't fuck them........#personal nonsense#eta: sorry for that horrible typo i'm not retyping that whole thing but it should say 'i know no one cares'
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