utopologist
joined 2 years ago
I'm not actually sure if Lain was around for Capitalist Realism; I just think it's hilarious that Zero Books had one single hit with that book and they've tried to coast on it ever since
Lain was always a dogshit editor; almost every book put out by Zero under his tenure was full of typos, poorly sourced claims, and drivel. And a hot take, while I'm at it: Capitalist Realism isn't very good
It's a really long story but for a year I was at a dogshit evangelical Christian university and in one of my classes, this was the assigned text. After like three chapters I just decided I would fail the class instead of reading more of it
He just like me fr
Signora... thank you for your service 
What if the kid is sort of an asshole, or just has a general unpleasant vibe?
Freedom of Speech depicts a scene of a 1942 Arlington town meeting in which Jim Edgerton, the lone dissenter to the town selectmen's announced plans to build a new school, as the old one had burned down, was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol.
"Who needs a new school, we can use them kids in the mines!"
Some... disinformatsiya, perhaps?
There are a few valid ideas in there; I just think it could have been an essay instead