Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-02-17
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL - Youtube Is Giving us The Business, Wont Let Us Stream w/ James Okeefe
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins details the covert methods through which corporate and governmental entities allegedly manipulate international finance and exert global control.
Recommended“and if you study things like the economic hitman you see these efforts professions of an economic yeah confessions of an economic hit man great book definitely recommend you read it”
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Disinformation
Discussed“well there's a great book called disinformation by a by a by a soviet bloc dissident which i tweeted this picture this guy died yesterday i can't even pronounce his name but he wrote a book called disinformation”
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Shooting an Elephant
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell is a classic autobiographical essay reflecting on the author's experiences as a police officer in British Burma and the moral corruption of imperial rule.
Discussed“I go back to orwell constantly because i feel like this book answers so many of these questions And what scares me about the orwell book is when winston the protagonist this is the winston smith is being tortured by o'brien the tyrant and and and every one of us has got fear is imagine your worst fear in the”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing 1984
“...it's like 1984 two plus two equals five is just keep being repeated you know that's a real thing though”