Capitalistic books [Archive]

Invader Zim

1st July 2003, 14:38

Is it wrong for a socialist to read/purchase a capitalistic book. By buying that book you are helping corporations to amas greater wealth, as well as the author. Take for example J.K.Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, she is richer than the queen, so is it right to by her books?

Its probably a stupid question, however I was lightly musing over it just before a bought the new one.

canikickit

1st July 2003, 18:33

Everything is capitalistic, AK47.
It's not wrong.

Organic Revolution

1st July 2003, 20:19

some one has brought this up before but harry potter is getting kids to read.. not sit on the ass all day and stare blindly at a tv.. she is rich but she is rich for a good reason.

abstractmentality

3rd July 2003, 00:56

im reading Ayn Rands We the Living right now. thats about as capitalistic as it gets. its nice to know how some of them think.

about buying them, i agree with canikickit and rise up.

RedComrade

3rd July 2003, 04:42

I too am reading Rand (or I was, I got 250 pages into it and put it down to read Lenin by Service I plan to finish it before summer ends though) except I am reading Atlas Shrugged. As far as buying or not try and borrow the really popular books like Harry Potter from one of the crew or a library, if that doesnt work buy away. If we all stopped buying stuff the economy would be crippled and workers would be worse off then before.

elijahcraig

3rd July 2003, 05:16

I hate Harry Potter, I wouldn't advise spending money on that. But reading is a plus, on the otherhand it is teaching kids to follow trends like idiots.

You can find a lot of books on the internet, I usually don't buy them unless they are impossible to get without paying or if I don't mind giving the author some money.

Zombie

5th July 2003, 20:59

Quote: from canikickit on 1:33 pm on July 1, 2003
Everything is capitalistic, AK47.
It's not wrong.

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/top...m=17&topic=3015 (http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/topic.pl?forum=17&topic=3015)

(Edited by Zombie at 3:59 pm on July 5, 2003)

canikickit

5th July 2003, 22:57

What?!

I don't like films like that, which are based on whizz bang special effects.

mentalbunny

6th July 2003, 12:14

I try to borrow or print of the net for most things, but there are some books that I want to own and I'll buy them (thigns like Hard Work by Polly Toynbee, I can't plug this enough!).