Time flies, and it’s already time for another election. I often joke with people that four years ago, when my college journey began, it was the showdown between Biden and Trump. Time has passed like a flash, but some things remain unchanged. Four years later, it feels like yesterday once more.
I don’t like talking about politics much because, no matter how much we discuss, it feels like people are always talking in different languages within their bubbles. Most of the time, politicians’ arguments are really the same thing over and over. I’ve always believed that “where you sit controls how you think” is a fundamental truth in political science. As for the so-called greatness, glory, and correctness, they are just clichés to deceive voters.
If you ask me what my opinion is on this election, I can only say I don’t have much of one. However, I have compiled a reading list. Some of these books I’ve read multiple times, while others I’ve only skimmed. I believe that in human history, certain things are always cyclical and unchanging. I hope you find these interesting.
“if you found these interesting, you are boring.”
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays by Michael Oakeshott
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Socialism by Ludwig von Mises
Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
Originalism: A Quarter-Century of Debate by Steven G. Calabresi
Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr
The Future of Industrial Man by Peter Drucker
Law, Legislation and Liberty by Friedrich A. Hayek
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Newman
Dreams and Nightmares: The Legacy of the Sixties by Myron Magnet
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm
Government by the People by James MacGregor Burns
The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns by Benjamin Constant