What Are You Reading?

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I'll go first: I'm currently in the middle of In His Own Words from Antelope Hill, and I can already say that it's easily one of the best books I've ever read. It's far more readable than Mein Kampf.

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What impedes the readability of Mein Kampf for you? Is it the requirement to be familiar with history and the social conditions of 20th century Vienna? Or does it have to do with Hitler's literary style? For my part, I find his manifesto very clear and easy to jump into. A thousand lessons to learn from it.

There are admittedly some challenging sections, such as where he says Marxism substitutes the aristocratic principle, but I think that has to do with insufficient translation work. Thomas Dalton seems to have produced a faithful rendition. And you can't really go wrong with the Stalag Edition. Probably the best way to read it would be to pick up an interlinear version or have the German version opened side-by-side with an English translation.

Granted, his speeches are inspiring and are more suited for propaganda videos. But the initial religious/devotional phase eventually wears off for most people. One must also display sufficient ambition to follow his lead. Do recall that Italians only appreciated Mussolini from sentimentality.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's hard to find a good translation. I have the Manheim version, but the Dalton is supposed to be the best.

[–]bug-in-recovery 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It is, I can send it if you'd like it.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks, but I already found the PDF on Archive. I might buy a physical copy from National Alliance, I have a few of their books. Including the version of Lightning and the Sun that I've only recently realized is very much abridged. I do wonder what people think of the NA and Pierce, and why Pierce's own writings are so fedposty.

[–]Nombre27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you want to better understand Pierce, check out Griffin's book on him Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds.

I think he was from a previous generation that strongly admired the founding fathers and thought that a racial revolution akin to the American Revolution was possible and so violence was on the table with respect to achieving that goal just as it was in the American Revolution.