The enjoyment some people get from contemplating the fates of their enemies after the Revolution also feels pretty compatible with eg the Left Behind books — wannabe commissars dreaming of a secular Tribulation. - ThreadSky

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bokane.org • 469 days ago

The enjoyment some people get from contemplating the fates of their enemies after the Revolution also feels pretty compatible with eg the Left Behind books — wannabe commissars dreaming of a secular Tribulation.

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beijingpalmer.bsky.social•469 days ago

I merely accept the Lewisian version in THE GREAT DIVORCE, I will be psychologically incapable of contemplating the self-chosen suffering of the damned.

bokane.org•469 days ago

aw cmon where’s the fun in that

beijingpalmer.bsky.social•469 days ago

i'll be too busy riding giant stallions

beijingpalmer.bsky.social•469 days ago

it's a really well-done bit of bullet-biting, actually, and one of the most interesting ideas in a book crammed with ideas

bokane.org•469 days ago

I've never read it! At a glance, it looks like it might make an interesting pairing with The Third Policeman.

beijingpalmer.bsky.social•469 days ago

it'll take you like an hour or two, it's maybe 150 pages?

bencates.bsky.social•469 days ago

We don't do a good enough job distinguishing between people who earnestly want to build a better world and are therefore reluctantly willing to condone violence and people who earnestly want to condone violence and are therefore reluctantly willing to build a better world.

bokane.org•469 days ago

To the best of my knowledge no regime has ever fallen due to a shortage of thugs.

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