10 Books that Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help | 
pickI did this a lot while listening to this. This was a difficult read, based on subject matter alone. It was, however, interesting to hear about all the information I didn't know about from Kinsey's views on bestiality and homosexuality to eugenics on many levels to Hobbes take all you can get to Hitler's views about religious deities. It was all cringeworthy, mind you. DO NOT listen out loud with kids around! Made that mistake once... lol
IamIamIam Another tip: it's helpful to be familiar with the philosophies of Marx, Lenin, Nietzsche, Hobbes, Machiavelli and Freud. It's a clinical book so the names are tossed around casually and I did have a bit of difficulty keeping up. 6y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Currently, I‘m teaching my 2 high-schoolers about WWII. They are in shock of Hitler, Stalin, & Mussolini‘s views. So sad that there was ever a time people thought like that, let alone people followed those ideals. And even today some people still feel that way. I imagine this book was very cringe worthy. 😬 6y
IamIamIam @ForeverNerdy I don't want to misquote the author, but he mentioned something about a bad idea being disseminated as pseudo science as being one of the most dangerous things. It was a really interesting summary of things I had only inklings of and some I had no idea. You may find some material useful for sol 6y
IamIamIam @ForeverNerdy School... I wasn't typing that out again because of fat fingers. It's amazing how the herd can blindly follow along in the illusion of a better world. A lot of these philosophies started out with the idea of making things better by eliminating problems. Unfortunately, those "problems" tended to be people rather than poverty. 6y
