Naomi Klein"s Doppelganger

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dbentley666 — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:02 PM)

This is brilliant! Maybe her best book, together with
This Changes Everything
. It's the first serious treatment of the psychology of right-wing conspiracy nuts.

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fg3w4g34g34g — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:06 PM)

Naomi Klein's book "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World" explores the confusion between herself and Naomi Wolf, a writer with similar political views but a drastically different reputation.
This is a VERY woman thing to write a book about.

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dbentley666 — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:12 PM)

That's just the framework. The book itself is more about the uncanniness of right-wing appropriation of victimhood themes and the echo-chamber quality of social media….

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fg3w4g34g34g — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:15 PM)

Oh very nice very nice it sounds very unbiased and objective. I'm sure it's going to bring clarity to political views instead of more partisan hatred.

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dbentley666 — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:17 PM)

Absolutely! You will love it.

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sheetsadam1 — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:06 PM)

It was a fantastic read, and a real glimpse into how these types of online echo chambers have had real-world impacts.
I'm about to begin John Ganz's
When the Clock Broke
, which has gotten good reviews and apparently deals with the American far right of the 1990s and how it inevitably birthed MAGA.
Draft Barron Trump

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dbentley666 — 10 months ago(May 20, 2025 05:11 PM)

Glad you liked
Doppelganger
. I am enjoying it soooo much! I will take a look at Ganz. Check out
Fantasyland
, by Kurt Andersen. I loved it!