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the Bible, unless you're a physcopath, that shit will make you an atheist if you read it and don't have cheery picked bits thrown at you by those trying to gas light you.

1984 is intertwined into the modern zietgiest

Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

Unironically "Industrial Society and Its Future" by Ted Kaczynski.

I don't agree with it at all. I think disabled people are people too, radical stance I know. But some points, especially about modern left and new technology becoming mandatory are well argued and true.

I always thought he was just a random looney and he's definitely not. I think the book didn't radicalize me but showed me what I believed to be true (that the guy was just a looney or evil) was wrong.

I don't believe that the rise of technofascism can be stopped by hiding in the woods tho and I don't think rejecting all tech will make everyone's mental health immediately better, he does not at all take things like community and purpose into account.

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe.

The methodical whitewashing by Zionists of the crimes against the native inhabitants of Palestine combined with the crocodiles tears of liberal Zionists was eye opening to say the least.

Gonna put something completely different out there: The Kingsbridge novels and Century Trilogy by Ken Follett. Kingsbridge is about a fictional town in England through the ages (books are 10th, 12, 14th, 16th and 18th century respectively), and the Century trilogy about several families from different parts of the world as they go through the 20th century.

Just a lot of daily life scenarios with a lot of rich vs poor themes. A lot of it goes too far to the social-democratic side and I don't like how a lot of the characters tend to end up in a better place than where they started but I think it's exactly those day-to-day issues that are what radicalise.

I see some good choices here. For Americans, try An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher.

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano

Reform or revolution -Rosa Luxembourg (Not a book per se but worth the read)

Black shirts and reds -Micheal Parenti

The conquest of bread -Peter Kropotkin

Mutual aid -Peter Kropotkin

The Black Panther Party ten point program - Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale

Guerrilla Warfare -Ernesto "Che" Guevera

Have you heard about the communist party manifesto? really simple book, 30 pages, you can skip the third chapter, but a real banger I couldn't recommend more

the rise of fascism radicalized me and made me sought out the books to learn about it and solutions by the communists of yesteryear.

not the other way around.

Rich Dad Poor Dad (no joke). It's a glimpse into the inner workings of a wealthy shithead's mind. It unironically tries to convince you that profit is the only thing that matters, people are disposable and those who disagree with these ideas are intellectually inferior. The "poor dad" in the book is a teacher (and the guy's biological dad) who's pictured as someone well-educated, who tries to live an honest and modest life, and is therefore a "loser". It's nauseating.

Didn't really radicalise me but it's interesting that people had those ideas a long time ago too.

"The right to be lazy" (translation by me so it's worth what it's worth)

1984

Animal Farm

The Jungle

Slaughterhouse Five

Brave New World

A Farewell to Arms

Blood Meridian

Guns, Germs, and Steel

To Kill A Mockingbird

Bullshit Jobs

A People's History of the United States blew my mind wide open in high school.

I mean 1984 did a pretty good job radicalizing me against fascism. I consider it radicalization because turns out America really likes fascism so I guess I'm in the minority.

Just reading about history has done that to me. I don't really read fiction, but I read a ton of history, usually about one book per month or so. But seeing how the human history is just basically despair and misery, makes you a bit annoyed that we still haven't gotten any better.

The Bible

I forget the name (maybe "the verdict"?) but I read a john grisham book about a fictional trial of a chemical company contaminating drinking water. It dealt in a lot of detail with real-world political and legal structures and how open to abuse they are by the super-rich. It really eroded any belief I had that billionaires can exist peacefully in society without making things worse for everyone.

Purely Functional Data Structures by Chris Okasaki. It took the blinders off and I became a convert to functional programming.

Little Brother 2008

and it's free

https://craphound.com/category/littlebrother/

none. its honestly the right wing that is radicalizing me. I was a (ironically) and extreme agnostic. It was things like qanon which made me have to come to terms with the fact that humans will just believe and follow bullshit. Not just that but tea party and now maga. Its like an effing religion. Heck the 911 memorial stuff is kinda pissing me off because it lead to the patriot act and loss of rights and privacy. Every flag waver and republican at this point that opens their mouth is radicalizing me.

The Grapes of Wrath

No Logo by Naomi Klein.

Unfortunately, it made me really against sweatshops and child labour. But most people want to hate stuff that come with very marginal costs, rether than things that force you to rethink how you live.

"I hate structural racism!"
"Like our clothes?"
"No, no...."

Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

Why are we calling being an empathetic individual and being against fascism "being radicalised"?

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. I'd be shocked if every person who bought a copy isn't on a watchlist automatically.

Just read people's history by Howard zinn and that'll radicalize a lot of people. It's just the rich fucking everyone over and over.