Book recommendation.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

I’ve been meaning to do it so you guys inspired me to get with the program.

I went on Amazon and finally bought some books to read. It’s all Science Fiction stuff but it will be a great escape.

Dune
Hyperion
The Mote in God’s Eye
Solaris
The Gods Themselves
Leviathan Wakes
The Dispossessed

I’ve never read any of these books but I have seen both Solaris movies.

[Can’t Stump TrumpParticipant]

History of the Peloponnesian War.

Women are better at multitasking? Fucking up several things at once is not multitasking.

[MutineerParticipant 1467]

Journey to the End of the Night by Celine.

"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides

[743 roadmasterParticipant]

No matter your age, the book has something to offer.

mgtow is its own worst enemy- https://www.campusreform.org/

[Y_Participant 4591]

I would like to recommend this Issac Asimov short story called Nightfall – it is a classic!!

http://mysite.du.edu/~treddell/3780/Asimov_Nightfall.pdf

Also I think I have abibliophobia (fear of running out of thing to read). I know it’s stupid but I can’t help it.

[OldBillParticipant]

Y_ wrote:

Currency Wars – James G Rickards

If you find that topic interesting, check out Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor by Edward S. Miller.

At the start of US involvement in WW1, Congress hurriedly prepared a Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) to prevent sales of goods to the Central Powers. The bill had initially given the old Commerce Department the ability to regulate all exports of physical goods when someone realized that regulating financial transactions was even more important as the Central Powers could easily “launder” their purchases through US banks.

When Congress began adding financial regulations to the bill, the Treasury Department stepped in and, with support from Wilson who is arguably the worst president in US history, insisted on far more substantial language. The result gave the executive branch far reaching powers, just like all of Wilson’s “progressive” power grabs. What’s more, the new powers were neatly hidden within specialized language in a specialized bill.

After WW1, everyone mostly forgot about the new powers until some smart ass in the State Department remembered them in the mid-30s. FDR, another horrific “progressive” president, then used them in an escalating fashion to try and force Japan out of China through economic means.

The book drops into technical jargon sometime, which can’t be helped given it’s topic, but Miller takes care to explain everything.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

That’s pretty interesting Old Bill, thanks for posting. Weren’t all the Nazi airplanes running on American oil? I thought I heard that somewhere, where us American businessmen were making a killing off selling airplane oil to Germany (hence not entering the war sooner lol). Well, we didn’t enter sooner also because FDR was a nancy boy who preferred to watch France fall rather than lift a finger, what a smeghead.

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Gravel Pit wrote:

Weren’t all the Nazi airplanes running on American oil? I thought I heard that somewhere, where us American businessmen were making a killing off selling airplane oil to Germany (hence not entering the war sooner lol).

Prewar, the Bush family made a fortune selling oil to Germany.

Even during the war, there were British firms trading with Germany via cutouts in Sweden, Spain and Portugal.

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A World Undone The Story of The Great War 1914-1918 by J.G. Meyer. This topic I research a lot. Not far into this yet it was a recomendation that was difficult to find. What I have read was very insightful so far.

As for Fiction I am reading through Tolkens Two Towers now. I have never read the whole series and it seems long over due.

[OldBillParticipant]

Gravel Pit wrote:

That’s pretty interesting Old Bill, thanks for posting. Weren’t all the Nazi airplanes running on American oil? I thought I heard that somewhere, where us American businessmen were making a killing off selling airplane oil to Germany (hence not entering the war sooner lol).

No, nothing of the kind. Even before 1939, the Germans got most of their oil from the USSR and Eastern Europe. The Soviets were still shipping oil to Germany for nearly a week after Barbarossa kicked off in ’41.

After war in Europe broke out in ’39, exports to all belligerents were greatly constrained under the Neutrality Acts. Those acts didn’t effect various sales and licensing agreements already in place. IBM had sold Germany punch card systems in the 30s which were used to keep track of concentration camp inmates among other things. Similarly, US oil companies licensed the production of additives necessary for high performance aviation fuels to German companies.

Global trade, business, and markets created the situation and not the “herp derp gonna help the Nazis” thinking many simpletons believe. There are many other examples of this economic “interconnection” both in WW2 and across history. During WW1, for example, UK shells were manufactured using a fuse design licensed from Krupp in Germany. The license had been sold before WW1 and the UK manufacturers paid the fee up until the war began. When war broke out, they banked the fees rather than send checks to Essen. After the war, Krupp tried to recover the money and was told to f~~~ off.

This topic is very complicated. If you’re interested in it, a good one volume treatment is Adam Tooze’s The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy. It’s a good book to start with and it’s bibliography can point you to other, more specialized, works.

Well, we didn’t enter sooner also because FDR was a nancy boy who preferred to watch France fall rather than lift a finger, what a smeghead.

Not in the slightest. While FDR was one of worst presidents, he strenuously worked for an earlier intervention from the beginning. Congress, acts like the one I mentioned above, and public opinion tied his hands. His administration even had trouble preparing for the war everyone knew was coming. In November of ’41 Congress, for example, reauthorized the draft by only 2 votes.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Old Bill you rock, thanks for clearing that up. Love learning about WW2 economics. Now I know who to ask.

[OldBillParticipant]

Gravel Pit wrote:

Old Bill you rock, thanks for clearing that up.

No problem, bother. Glad I help somewhat.

Love learning about WW2 economics. Now I know who to ask.

While I don’t know even a small percentage of the answers, I do know where to start looking for the answers.

Once you learn how to look, the world is your oyster.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

OldBill wrote:

Those acts didn’t effect various sales and licensing agreements already in place. IBM had sold Germany punch card systems in the 30s which were used to keep track of concentration camp inmates among other things. Similarly, US oil companies licensed the production of additives necessary for high performance aviation fuels to German companies.

Yup, that is the one that is a shocker but it makes sense seeing as those trades were already well established. It’s sort of comical though in hindsight.

OldBill wrote:

After the war, Krupp tried to recover the money and was told to f~~~ off.

LOL, no s~~~ right? That is too funny.

OldBill wrote:

Adam Tooze’s The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy.

THANKS I think I’m gonna buy this book, read it and send it to my Dad.

OldBill wrote:

In November of ’41 Congress, for example, reauthorized the draft by only 2 votes.

Wow

[Y_Participant 4591]

OldBill wrote:

f you find that topic interesting, check out Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor by Edward S. Miller.

Thank you – yes I have read that and great summary by you as well.

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