Though I suppose Alexandria actually had some good reads.
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Walking into most bookstores is a quick trip to jokerification
I’m not sure which is worse, a centrist liberal bookstore or a right wing book store. I suppose the latter can be kind of funny when you read something truly insane, like idk, a book about Stalin being related to Pontius Pilate and therefore communism = satan. At least that is creative, like flat earth conspiracy theories.
Endless books endorsed by Michelle Obama, or with Bill Maher on the cover
are just tiring.
A lot of the time it makes me go from zero to "Some book bannings/burnings are good, actually."
It just makes me think of all the wasted resources that goes into what is essentially
or 
manifest.
I guess one small comfort is that low-quality AI slop can absolutely handle those authors' jobs now.
'"Why I'm Right And You Dipshits Should Buy My Slop" by Prominent Liberal Figure' is such an infuriating yet common category of literature
The funniest thing is that almost everybody in that world understands that it's just some bullshit move for publicity, and that if you're a halfway recognizable person you're gonna get at least one book deal, no matter the quality of it.
The only people who care about these hagiographies are clueless libs.