tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post8462159660361047887..comments2024-01-30T20:59:06.397-08:00Comments on Man Book Club: Dean Picks a FightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post-53869958414936961402012-10-24T12:05:23.646-07:002012-10-24T12:05:23.646-07:00I have no idea of WTF you guys are writing about. ...I have no idea of WTF you guys are writing about. Does there always have to be a meaning in a piece of literature or can I just like or dislike the GD book.DDFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533120752798725040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post-64327495278165554992012-10-24T06:29:26.070-07:002012-10-24T06:29:26.070-07:00Ok Paul, I like the positive reinforcement. Keep ...Ok Paul, I like the positive reinforcement. Keep it coming. As for the Marxist interpretation you offer, I don't see it. Sure, there's a strong element of class struggle, with all those rootless young waiters despoiling rich people's meals.. But Pahlaniuk offers us no explanation other than a vision of society stripped of modernity and on the verge of being reclaimed by nature. Certainly there's nothing redistributionist going on. I think that the rhetoric of the presidential campaign has influenced your thinking. In particular, your belief inGlenn Beck has led you to see socialists under the bed, in the closet, and now in the books you read!Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post-13280395030079090972012-10-22T06:18:42.487-07:002012-10-22T06:18:42.487-07:00Long ago I promised Andrew that if he posted, I wo...Long ago I promised Andrew that if he posted, I would comment, as a way of offering him (positive?) reinforcement. As this is Andrew's first post in about half a year, here goes.<br /><br />Upon further thought, I think FIght Club is a thinly veiled Marxist rewrite. Think about it -- you have a dissatisfied lower class. led to revolution by a middle class, and working to overthrow the "rich". Of course, it suffers from the same error Marx made -- that the middle class would somehow throw their lot in with the poor. Same error Marx made -- the middle class like their status quo. <br /><br />Or, perhaps this is even a metaphor for the current presidential contest. You decide.The Terminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066236686596709415noreply@blogger.com