What didn't we like about the book?

[suchona.kani.z]

I personally didn't like the graphic design. I just don't understand why every other paragraph has to end with a question mark. (This is what one page looks like and believe me, it won't get any better.)

Sample page from the book Debordelization of the Head

My colleague and I were bothered by the introduction to the book and especially the examples where “primitivism won over complexity” . One such example was Stalin’s rise to power. There were two candidates for leadership – Stalin and Trotsky. Stalin told Trotsky the wrong date for the previous leader’s funeral, and then presented himself at the funeral as a dignified statesman, Trotsky as a man who had no respect for the dead.

Another example: In 1981, Greek farmers could receive subsidies from the EU for each olive tree they planted. At the time, Greece was the poorest country in the EU, and the subsidies were supposed to revive the business owner database local economy. After a few years, it turned out that, based on the amount paid, the Greeks had planted olive trees on an area 4 times larger than their country. How did they do it? They planted a tree and received subsidies, dug up the tree, replanted it, and received subsidies again. The farmers made money, but the idea of ​​supporting the country's development was in vain. Because, of course, development was supposed to come with the processing of olives as a typical Greek food.

The author asks the question, what would you do? What are your values ​​and their ranking? Would you also let greed win when you have the opportunity to help develop your entire region?

Part of our club says that the goal was to shock with examples right at the beginning of the book . On the contrary, it seems to me that the entire book thinks similarly. It encourages selfishness, egoism and professes the rule that the end justifies the means. For example, it is not necessary to remind anyone in our history who recognized such a rule.

You can form your own opinion on the author's website, where you can read the first chapter online .