▲ 126 ▼ I propose a secondary meaning for RTFM, Read The Fucking Marx (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Photuris@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* You should unironically read Mein Kampf though, at least once The funny thing about that book is if you tell a neo-Nazi you've read it and have a criticism, they'll immediately ask which translation and claim most of them are a "Jewish trick". Olivier Mannoni, who translated the 2021 French critical edition, said about the original German text that it was "An incoherent soup, one could become half-mad translating it", and said that previous translations had corrected the language, giving the false impression that Hitler was a "cultured man" with "coherent and grammatically correct reasoning". He added "To me, making this text elegant is a crime." [snip] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf#Criticism_by_translators permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago Evola is kinda fun, for how utterly batshit he was. He called himself a Super-Fascist, and would go on walks during bombing raids to, "test his fate". Like, buddy, your fate could be a lot different of you stayed the fuck inside?! The bombs didn't kill him, sadly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* You should unironically read Mein Kampf though, at least once The funny thing about that book is if you tell a neo-Nazi you've read it and have a criticism, they'll immediately ask which translation and claim most of them are a "Jewish trick". Olivier Mannoni, who translated the 2021 French critical edition, said about the original German text that it was "An incoherent soup, one could become half-mad translating it", and said that previous translations had corrected the language, giving the false impression that Hitler was a "cultured man" with "coherent and grammatically correct reasoning". He added "To me, making this text elegant is a crime." [snip] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf#Criticism_by_translators permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago Evola is kinda fun, for how utterly batshit he was. He called himself a Super-Fascist, and would go on walks during bombing raids to, "test his fate". Like, buddy, your fate could be a lot different of you stayed the fuck inside?! The bombs didn't kill him, sadly. permalink fedilink source parent