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"The trick used by Himmler... was very simple and probably very effective; it consisted in turning these instincts around, as it were, in directing them toward the self. So that instead of saying: What horrible things I did to people!, the murderers would be able to say: What horrible things I had to watch in the pursuance of my duties, how heavily the task weighed upon my shoulders!"

told someone at a party that i was reading this and he went "oh so you watch dan mclcellan's videos, huh?... absolutely read to filth

poor, poor lee/oswaldovich/hidell. trapped by a history being constructed by men in small rooms (with his collaboration). destined for the cell - to be a man in a small room himself. "in atsugi" made me cry while describing the spread of a puddle of piss. impressive in a book full of impressive feats.

peter ueberroth did nothing wrong

if i had read this book in a very specific 6-month period of my life i think i would have ended up becoming a labor organizer. in some ways a better social work education than i ever got in school. marvin miller you're my hero

compelling as hell. makes me want to read gary webb.

was not expecting a socio-political "Treachery of Images" but i'm enjoying it.

right now he's describing the incremental adoption of the chair in china and as it turns out i am the exact kind of sicko who wants to read about this bullshit