Message from @Jacob
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I'll look into it. I should probably read it being a Cadet
Yeah, you'll have to, eventually
I'm also gonna write up interview questions for Jared Taylor on the train
There's no harder book on 'being hard' than Gates of Fire
That's literally what it's about
the last fiction book I read was Pat Conroy's "The Lords of Discipline"
Dudes at various ages going through the battle of Thermopylae in various ranks and experiences--while being written by an arguably master historical novelist
GOT has nothing on GoF
my goal is to write history books someday
The only book I read once a year
Read Stephen Pressfield to see what a master at the craft looks like
Patton's "War As I Knew It" was a really interesting book. It's the collection of the journals that his wife edited and allowed to be used, and the start of the book he was never able to finish.
being in this organization makes me feel so dumb
normally I'm more well read than the people in around
but then I go to IE meetups and the conversations are way over my head
I'm not a well read as most people in IE, but I'm defiantly more read than your average guy my age
they're always analyzing philosophy that I can't understand
most philosophy probably needs to be read multiple times
most books in general need to be read multiple times unless it's simple stuff
well
I got lazy with reading as a teenager
being part of this movement inspired me to start reading full books because I want to not because I have to
I never did that when I was younger
I did go on Wikipedia tangents though
Along the lines of most books needing to be read twice, I'd say the authors failed
I know that I *can* read a book twice and gain more, but for an author to expect anyone to read their book twice (luckily they did the first time), is bad strategy
I just forget stuff
and my reading comprehension isn't where it should be
probably higher than then average person
but lower than 🅱ig 🅱rained IE members
lol, to be fair my reading comp is sky high--but not my math score
>Read this book, guy
>Oh, I know where this is going.
>Here's some long division
>erm, where's my book..?
ahahaha the conversation I just witnessed in the train station
> where are you from, Russia?
*nods*
> where at in Russia?
> Ukraine
baste
I did some more digging on Trump's bump stock ban, this is apparently something he started promising he would do back in February. That makes me feel a bit better about it I guess. I sometimes wonder if him giving bones to the lefties like Crim. Justice reform + bump stock ban give him cover for things like withdrawing troops from Syria.
I'm literally in Odessa right now