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“Ready-made enlightenment turns not only spontaneous reflection but also analytical insights—whose power equals the energy and suffering that it cost to gain them—into mass-produced articles,and the painful secrets of individual history… into commonplace conventions” (p. 69-70)
— Jun 14, 2026 11:53AM
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West Harris
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“When everything is bad it must be good to know the worst”
— Jun 23, 2026 12:43PM
West Harris
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Finished reading part one — 1944. An ode to irrationality
— Jun 22, 2026 11:15AM
West Harris
is on page 67 of 268
Excerpt from #38 I loved: “It is part pr the mechanism of domination to forbid recognition of the suffering it produces, and there is a straight line of development between the gospel of happiness and the construction of camps of extermination so far off in Poland that each of our countrymen can convince himself that he cannot hear the screams of pain”
— Jun 12, 2026 12:06PM
