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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by bee_rider on Monday October 07, 2024 @03:24PM (#41769939)
IMO a piece of fiction works better as a “badge” in this sense if it can be defended as a really good work of art in-and-of itself, without the message behind it. Part of the game is that being the one to obviously introduce ideology into the discussion is a bad opening move.

Like what if the other party doesn’t take the political bait and starts talking about train sex or whatever?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by swasheck on Monday October 07, 2024 @04:16PM (#41770532)
wholeheartedly agree. i guess the message i was trying to convey is that i see people wearing familiarity with the work of art as a badge, not that i've badged them with it.

anyway, yes, political conversations would be far more productive if they discussed train sex over against rand-based political/economic theory

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Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? by tb_technical on Monday October 07, 2024 @03:57PM (#41770278)
If someone starts talking about train sex, the ensuing conversation is going to be an absolute riot
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