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What would you recommend as a "social democrats first taste of socialism" book? (hexbear.net)
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A social democrat friend who knows basically nothing about socialism and was a berniecrat is looking for book recommendations, what is a good book to recommend to him?

I sort of dived in the deep end when I first started (perhaps unproductively ) and I they're the type of person who would probably benefit a lot from nice prose and nothing SUPER heavy, but I also know a lot of intro books are full of BS that needs to be deprogrammed later(especially stuff that includes left-anticommunism) so I'm being cautious.

What would you recommend?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Alright, well if he is a Berniecrat then maybe:

  • Anything by David Graeber (Debt: the first 5000 years and Bullshit Jobs are great)
  • People's History of the United States if he's looking for a big one
  • This changes everything by Naomi Klein
  • Chapo guide to revolution (a joke entry, but still good for something more lighthearted)

If there is one video I would recommend, it would be this one: Here's second thought's social democracy video

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: