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happy wrote

This is really f**'ng clever. Holy shit. I should probably actually read Desert instead of actually thinking I know what it's about though.

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An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote

It's been years since I've read it but it was important for me when I did.

If you read it and end up liking it I'd be happy to recommend you some similarly cool stuff to read afterward.

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happy wrote

Thanks! I read Alejandro De Acosta's critique of Desert Green Nihlism or Cosmic Pessimism and it made me interested in reading it but the strength of the critique also made me feel like it could be a waste of time. I'm already a green anarchist that sees the harms of civilization and humanity and I don't know how much Desert's critiques will change my own.

Raking through my thoughts about why I don't want to read it I realized that I would be better off reading it. Idk, I think I want to take a break from reading anarchist critiques for a little while. Nothing sounds that new to me and a lot of the rest is fairly pessimistic and I don't need that.

I would love to hear your recommendations though!

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An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote

I also haven't read it in some time, but I would have recommended baedan.

I'm glad to hear about the critique, I want to look into it! I worry if I read it now without re-reading desert I won't be able to pick up on possible misreadings etc by De Acosta, though.

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