A character in one of the Lemony Snicket books says, “Wicked people never have time for reading. It’s one of the reasons for their wickedness,” and I can’t help noticing that many of the most sinister figures in public life are vocal about never reading. - ThreadSky

sketchesbyboze.bsky.social • 5 days ago

A character in one of the Lemony Snicket books says, “Wicked people never have time for reading. It’s one of the reasons for their wickedness,” and I can’t help noticing that many of the most sinister figures in public life are vocal about never reading.

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cwm73.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nor do they seem to have a sense of humor

heartcontainer4.bsky.social•4 days ago

I feel like a lot of them read books they could not tell anyone about. Very few people would tell you Mein Kampf is the only book they read. I think these people often go off of playbooks. A lot of people follow some type of meta to get through life.

pudgypoultry.bsky.social•5 days ago

Art that doesn't match their worldview (anything that doesn't "mimic nature's beauty" according to them) is specifically toxic to their psyches due to confronting their preconceived notions of the world.

To accept a pushed boundary is to admit "maybe I'm one of the wicked people."

heartcontainer4.bsky.social•4 days ago

Pretty much what I was thinking. Stories are often aligned with heroes and morality and it would be too hard to hold their beliefs and live through reading the average book that could contrast them at many levels. On the other hand, maybe they hide what they read and rather say they do not.

charlottedonlon.bsky.social•5 days ago

on 1/6/21 I kept wondering if any of the people attempting a coup read good books, watched good films, went to museums, etc

sketchesbyboze.bsky.social•5 days ago

I've been wondering this for going on ten years

charlottedonlon.bsky.social•5 days ago

I needed to see 1/6 happening to begin asking these questions

they clearly wanted to be a part of a bigger story with their costumes and props

I was like could you read a good novel instead?

charlottedonlon.bsky.social•5 days ago

I know art won’t always make everything better, sometimes art makes things worse, but it’s worth a try before storming the capitol

charlottedonlon.bsky.social•5 days ago

haven’t stopped wondering about the connections

equinox55.bsky.social•5 days ago

I believe the connection is that we learn a lot of our morality from stories. Ever since the oral tradition until now, stories are for learning about other people, and navigating moral dilemmas.

proratedrick.bsky.social•3 days ago

Interesting point. In recent years I have seen this being spewed often by red pill content creators that try to push their courses.

It felt evil to me to discourage others from exploring various sources of knowledge.

heather-alexis.bsky.social•5 days ago

Apparently, quite a few of them have only ever read Harry Potter

tmarshallbunn.bsky.social•5 days ago

Shortly after I started a new library job, this really pretty cashier whose line I always got in at her grocery store so we could flirt showed up. I asked her if she came to the library often (hoping I'd be seeing her there more), and she said "No, I don't read." My crush on her immediately ended.

sketchesbyboze.bsky.social•5 days ago

nothing ends a crush sooner 😔

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