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A review by worm_food
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
5.0
For a piece of fiction, this book had so much book in it which was odd but definitely in a good way.
Society has gone to shit, but there is happiness to be found in trying to accept it, there is bliss in knowing that you don't live in a society but rather you Are It, no matter how much you think you exist outside of it, there is so much more to life than crude individualism when you allow yourself to connect with others and understand that in doing so you're part of them, isn't that wonderful? Fuck no lmao, because being able to experience extraordinary euphoria as well as metaphysical freedom that breaks free from the constraints of concepts such as 'you' or 'me' or 'them' comes with the steep cost of really understanding humanity's (and thus, your own) capability of pure true evil. But that doesn't make walking away a solution, you can't walk away without knowing people truly and deeply, because genius isn't found in social detachment and stale academic pursuit but rather in its ability to exist within and across communities you ABSOLUTE fucking dipshit. Eat this mushroom bro trust me the concept of ego death isn't that scary don't be a pussy but if you disassociate for even a second the shadow people will get you. Have fun!!!
Society has gone to shit, but there is happiness to be found in trying to accept it, there is bliss in knowing that you don't live in a society but rather you Are It, no matter how much you think you exist outside of it, there is so much more to life than crude individualism when you allow yourself to connect with others and understand that in doing so you're part of them, isn't that wonderful? Fuck no lmao, because being able to experience extraordinary euphoria as well as metaphysical freedom that breaks free from the constraints of concepts such as 'you' or 'me' or 'them' comes with the steep cost of really understanding humanity's (and thus, your own) capability of pure true evil. But that doesn't make walking away a solution, you can't walk away without knowing people truly and deeply, because genius isn't found in social detachment and stale academic pursuit but rather in its ability to exist within and across communities you ABSOLUTE fucking dipshit. Eat this mushroom bro trust me the concept of ego death isn't that scary don't be a pussy but if you disassociate for even a second the shadow people will get you. Have fun!!!