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Found on the benches outside the White House, ca. Aug 2019 (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was intentionally being a little bit cryptic, but it's from "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72," from the November chapter. It is one of the absolutely crucial books to read if you want to know about the American political process, at least the 20th century form of it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I apologize, I thought there was some sort of weird formatting error. Rereading it with a clearer mind and eyes I realize that was intentional

    That isn't something I'd have gone out of my way to find and read but I'll check it out after having a recommendation dropped in my lap. My local library only has it on audiobook. 17 hours! Great for a road trip 😄 it seems interesting, and by a very interesting author nonetheless

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah. I'm pretty sure the edition I read did not include all the strikeouts and misspellings, but for some reason the machine text I could find did, and I like this version of it better.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It was giving me very "House of Leaves" vibes, though I haven't read that one either. Given the context I can see how those errors (?) add to the environment of the topic. It is still very jarring but I think Mr. Thomson would appreciate the way it reads

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