As a side piece, I have a relative who was a small small college English professor. happens to be a bleeding heart liberal. Leftist. What really turned their crank is modern literature. Why? Because they broke grammar rules. Leftism is a revolution to order and tradition. These people have been very effective in cementing anti values thru literature. All the school’s reading lists are infected. Have been for decades. It’s why children read Harry Potter, R.L. Stine, over Rudyard Kipling, E.B. White et al. The newer Newberry Awards is full of wokeness.
I was professional tutor for a rather long time, and my boss got me to read Twilight. Quite possibly the worst full book I've ever read.
Modern literature does not engage people to think. That's the main thing. It's passive reading vs. active reading. There is nothing learned, nothing gained...just a mindless stirring of emotion.
Even comic strips make some astute observations about life.
A little after that I read the book The Magus (which actually gives some good insight into occultism in the world, even as a work of fiction), and I spent days researching places, place names, mythology, etc.
Really, that book helped me figured out something pretty major, which isn't that groundbreaking to some, but it's why Mediterranean Islands figure so prominently in things (Sicily, Malta, Greek Isles). Seriously, look at the Wikipedia for Malta, 2/3 down...they dress like the KKK for their Holy Week procession.
No coincidence that Buttigieg is Maltese (and likely trained by British MI6...Rhodes scholar...pfft).
As a side piece, I have a relative who was a small small college English professor. happens to be a bleeding heart liberal. Leftist. What really turned their crank is modern literature. Why? Because they broke grammar rules. Leftism is a revolution to order and tradition. These people have been very effective in cementing anti values thru literature. All the school’s reading lists are infected. Have been for decades. It’s why children read Harry Potter, R.L. Stine, over Rudyard Kipling, E.B. White et al. The newer Newberry Awards is full of wokeness.
I was professional tutor for a rather long time, and my boss got me to read Twilight. Quite possibly the worst full book I've ever read.
Modern literature does not engage people to think. That's the main thing. It's passive reading vs. active reading. There is nothing learned, nothing gained...just a mindless stirring of emotion.
Even comic strips make some astute observations about life.
A little after that I read the book The Magus (which actually gives some good insight into occultism in the world, even as a work of fiction), and I spent days researching places, place names, mythology, etc.
Really, that book helped me figured out something pretty major, which isn't that groundbreaking to some, but it's why Mediterranean Islands figure so prominently in things (Sicily, Malta, Greek Isles). Seriously, look at the Wikipedia for Malta, 2/3 down...they dress like the KKK for their Holy Week procession.
No coincidence that Buttigieg is Maltese (and likely trained by British MI6...Rhodes scholar...pfft).