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submitted 1 week ago by PolyethylenePt2@hexbear.net to c/howdy@hexbear.net

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Hey everyone! ralsei-wave I'm an American dude who just joined after lurking for a few months here. I got burnt out from basically every other social media being filled with slop and overall terrible things and the vibes here seem much nicer. I'm a university student in my early 20s and I only recently got around to embracing leftism (a lot of things in the past few years have popped the lib bubble I used to be in) so if anyone has any recommendations for baby's first political theory reading, I'd be happy to check it out! Looking to get a much more concrete understanding of the world and its politics.

I'm a pretty casual gamer, but I'm a huge Undertale/Deltarune fan (part of why I joined was because you all have so many UT/DR emojis spamton sans-troll noelle-flushed susie-nudge ) (oh and I like Omori too kel-bliss ).

Now I'm just going to rattle off some other stuff about myself: I like physics and astronomy, I also like history (if anyone has any good history books please let me know), I love music, I'm a pro wrestling fan, I've dabbled in anime (I've really only watched Dungeon Meshi but I liked it a lot and I'm watching Cowboy Bebop now), I'm still figuring out how I feel about calling myself aro and/or ace, I suspect I might be on the autism spectrum (no diagnosis though).

Hoping to have a good time here with all of you people hexbear-retro

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[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You will get a bunch of different answers on political theory, but my first recommendation is always Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels. It's always my recommendation, but I think it's especially appropriate here because it spends a while discussing relevant details about the history of philosophy and, as someone who has long held an interest in that subject, I thought it was compelling and the parts I was already familiar with were completely accurate (aside one clause's worth of obvious hyperbole about the Greeks). You can also find a free audiobook of it if that's the sort of thing you're interested in that I find pleasant to listen to.

Cowbee will have you covered and will probably also mention this text, but if you want more input from me on anything, feel free to ask.

[–] PolyethylenePt2@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I'll definitely check this out. Looks short and digestible for my zoomer brain. Thanks!