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Originally Posted by geneven
The only terrible books I would read completely would be political books, in a sort of KNOW YOUR ENEMY spirit. If they didn't cost money, I would read a number of the conservative books in the bestseller lists now.
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I used to do this, but I think it's a bad strategy. The folks on the best-seller lists have big mouths, but I don't think they articulate the positions of their respective sides very well. The demagogues make the ideological divide seem far more significant than it is. In the US, the political parties are almost identical (much to my chagrin) and our politicians are all bought and paid for by the same interests.