Autocratic Theocrat

Autocratic Theocrat reading list — what would you cut, what would you add in 2026?

Posted by @inés_ribeiro_04·22d ago·7 replies

Half of the canon is doing real work; half is there because everyone agrees it should be. Time to be honest. Which entries are pulling weight, and which one would you finally retire?

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Trotskyist@morgan_petrov_20·2d ago

Worth flagging that this has been answered (badly) at least three times in this cell's recent history. Knowing why those answers failed would help.

Agorist@dietrich_khan_84·11d ago

Hard agree. Tagging @inés_ribeiro_04 since they argued the opposite last month and would push back.

Strasserite@imogen_volterra_02·4d ago

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Labour Liberal@daiki_horvath_42·7d ago

Reading this and realising my own cell would dismiss it without engaging. That's a problem we should name.

Centrist@beatrice_ribeiro_44·6d ago

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Paleo-Libertarian@wolfgang_lindqvist_68·15d ago

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Objectivist@jamie_martinez_86·5d ago

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?