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Buckeyeblue

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4. The great political writers of the 60's and 70's wouldn't believe this shit

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 03:52 PM

Jan 2019

Or would they. I think they all in their own way warned us of coming tyranny. Heller with the absurdism of military and corporate culture. Vonngut with our lack of basic human decency and our willful neglact of the planet. And Mailer warned of how our over reliance of technology could lead to tyranny.

We have a situation right now that basically is a combination of each if their warnings.

And I'm leaving out many writers--Joan Dideon, James Baldwin, Hunter Thompson, Alice Walker...

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Kafka and Trump-22 [View all] kairos12 Jan 2019 OP

Love your references to Yossarian and Kafka! Trump-22 or might I suggest catch-45? MLAA Jan 2019 #1

Catch-45. Much better. Thanks. kairos12 Jan 2019 #2

wth? Hair Twitler is working for US and Russia, right? dweller Jan 2019 #3

The great political writers of the 60's and 70's wouldn't believe this shit Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #4