Controversial opinions on “Great Books” and authors :marseychudnotes:

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What are your hot takes on some of “The Great Books”, those considered part of the Western Canon. I'm not limiting it to the Enciclopedia Britannica volumes, you can talk about any of the renowned works on 19th and 20th century literature.

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Also it seems like you can pick and choose extractive vs inclusive systems however you want. If Europe failed and China didn't he could easily say something like "this isn't surprising at all! Europe had 1500 years of entrenched feudal aristocracy while China allowed anyone to join their civil service system for longer"

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