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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by MichaelFassbendersHog@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

My sibling likes to read fiction. They’re a comically basic-ass shit-lib. This person says that they don’t like to talk about politics. They always take the bosses side at work, basically a reincarnation of our Rachel Maddow-parroting boomer capitalist fucboi parent.

I know it’s a tall order but: What work of fiction can I gift them that will break them out of their capitalist complacency and remind them that they’re nothing more than a wage slave before they can even resist the indoctrination? I want to be subtle but effective; it has to fly to under their radar.

To give you an idea of how hopeless this little lemming is: this person has been reading Vonnegut lately and legitimately didn’t even know that Eugene Debs was a real person. This person figured it out when I informed them of Debs when they were telling me that no one has ever run for President from a jail cell. 🤦🏿‍♂️

Halp!

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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

Is he a reader who will read on his own? Can you show em steinbeck simply because he's a great American writer? Like don't show him "grapes of wrath" but maybe "tortilla flat" or "east of eden" and see if he comes back for more.

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