I hate how TRP takes reading and turns into filth.

partyorca · 2021-08-21T16:06:02+00:00

I feel like I’m the only person who actually took good lessons from 48 Laws Of Power. They’re good tools when applied with empathy. Like all tools, unfortunately, they can be horribly misapplied to manipulate and abuse people.

Maybe part of it is because I read the book in a professional context rather than in trying to get laid.

SuperFuzz666 · 2021-08-21T13:07:28+00:00

Kill 2 birds with 1 stone and read Playboy

Chronos2016 · 2021-08-21T20:59:56+00:00

I usually try to avoid those who excessively read self help books or those trendy business books. Eventually, they all say the same thing and you get nothing new out of it.

48 Laws just seems exhausting to read and it's too much to keep track of too. Also seems like it makes you overthink all of your actions.

starspider · 2021-08-21T16:49:22+00:00

48 Laws is definitely a manual on how to be a psycho.

It's also very handy for spotting them.

kigerting · 2021-08-21T23:21:17+00:00

Not the person to whom the question was addressed but I feel strongly about self-help books. Self-help / sales / business books are a mild red flag for me. I don’t think they’re helpful - it’s like astrology in that you take from your horoscope whatever you were thinking anyway. It’s an exercise in confirmation bias imho.

sponge-sphincter · 2021-08-21T14:26:54+00:00

You bring up a good point. A thing I don't get most is that reading classics/fiction can give you depth, improve your vocabulary if you're willing, give you something to tlak about etc.. but the focus is on reading these self-help books and framing it as "look how intellectual I am, I'm reading"

Copperstoner · 2021-08-21T16:39:21+00:00

I disagree here as „48 Laws of Power“ just shows how people gained power and why it can work under circumstance X. Most of them are really simple observations anyone could make, if the person is aware of their surroundings. While reading I discovered that most people, myself included, use some of „the laws“ without noticing. It generally made me more aware of certain power dynamics, but that’s about it.

Sure you will act like „a psychopath“, if you try to apply all of them all the time, but why would you do that. The thing is, if you need this book to discover them, while most of them are basic observations you won’t be able to use them effectively anyways.

The prince is also not really a self help book and while it includes tactics you won’t gain anything of it in regards to manipulation/power dynamics, if you aren’t already good at it. As it’s rather high level. For me personally it was again more interesting to read another „immoral“ take on power I haven’t considered yet. „One big and swift act of tyranny is better for you than many smaller ones“ stuck out to me the most.

PizzaSteeve · 2021-08-22T02:01:11+00:00

Wow. I did not know 48 Laws pf Power was favored by TRP. This book is actually in my house but I never read it. I guess my father has been Red Pill for a while.

Title	I hate how TRP takes reading and turns into filth.
Author	Oistcute
Upvotes	25
Comments	29
Date	August 21, 2021 12:58 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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