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Comrade Kvlt
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I really struggle to come up with a single positive thing to say about this book, other than... it does gives you *some* decent information and the thesis is sound, but god is he probably the worst historical researcher I've ever read. I'm not even a quarter of the way in and I already lost track of the amount of errors/omissions he has made, not to mention he is not a good writer and doesn't provide citations.
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Comrade Kvlt
is on page 42 of 498
So far pretty much what I expected. Im trying to have an open mind and not be a hater but so far this is just an inferior/lazy sort of pseudoscientific version of Crosby's Ecological Imperialism (not that theres nothing good about GGS!). The introduction yaps on way too much on some beleaguered points that arent necessary and the implication that metallurgy/firearms are important as germs is already turning me off
— May 21, 2026 12:10AM