loafingcactus’s Reviews > The Revolt of the Masses: The Prophetic Classic on Mass Society, Mediocrity, and the Crisis of Western Civilization > Status Update
loafingcactus
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Realized I've been so in the weeds of individual statements that I've lost track of the overarching argument. Went back over my notes and wrote a "plot" summary. Need to do the same for another book I am reading.
— 13 hours, 7 min ago
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loafingcactus
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I'm sure I'll hate him again before the end of the book, but right now he's growing on me and absolutely everything I see in discussions of current events I'm just like "yeah, that's straight from The Revolt of the Masses."
— Sep 14, 2026 10:44PM
loafingcactus
is 17% done
Co-reading in English and Spanish. The English translator chose to take out many paragraph breaks so second-language reader middle finger to him.
Withholding opinion on Ortega. I was just thinking he might not be an azzhole when he launched into that people no longer appreciate refinement because it has become too common to have a toilet…
— Aug 15, 2026 09:34AM
Withholding opinion on Ortega. I was just thinking he might not be an azzhole when he launched into that people no longer appreciate refinement because it has become too common to have a toilet…