10 books that screwed up the world , , , ,

[smilershouse]

http://listverse.com/2010/07/25/10-books-that-screwed-up-the-world-2/#1

Be careful what ya'll read now.

SH

[Goldhedge]

I didn't see the bible in that list...nor the Koran...

[smilershouse]

Nothing better than to ward off social corruption, than to list the 'lone nut jobs' as failures of the old world.

SH

[hoarder]

I didn't see "The Art of War" by Sun Tsu in there.

Personally, I don't think books about clever strategy like Machiavelli's "Prince" or "The Protocols" (not really a book) screwed up the world. The clever strategists already existed, the books only helped people to understand the mentality and defend against it.

[DrillAndFill]

I didn't see the bible in that list...nor the Koran...

Hee hee!

Hard to point a finger, though, because many of the malign acts perpetrated in the name of these books were committed by people who never actually read them, or who had severe reading-comprehension disabilities.

And if one carefully read all the works of Marx, one might conclude that:


Capitalism exploits the lower classes, kind of like every other system :(
Karl Marx should be read for entertainment value only ;) :p
Karl Marx himself should never be allowed to formulate social policy of any sort :mad:


In so many cases the evil stems from poor reading comprehension skills.

[Scorpio]

Hey up Drill,

I for one am absolutely amazed that this list did NOT include,

'My Little Pony'

Now that is one rotten piece of work, certainly top 5 on this list for what it has done to mankind,

The other that frosts me is 'See Spot Run', but it really doesn' t matter as our graduating kids can't read it anyway, let alone comprehend the symbolism.

S

[Flake]

ermmm... Silent Spring? Unsafe at Any Speed?

[gnome]

I'm torn between two titles by Freud, obviously "The Interpretation of Dreams" and his lesser known book "On Coca" extolling the use of cocaine as an anti-depressant.

[Russkie]

10. Malleus Maleficarum- Guide to torturing witches and religious dissenters, but didn't CAUSE the persecutions
9. Coming of Age in Samoa- definately; Mead was a psycho
8. The Prince- Nothing wrong with this book
7. Mein Kampf- It had no connection to Hitler's rise to power
6. The Pivot of Civilization- Never heard of it
5. Democracy and Education- never heard of it
4. Baby and Childcare- Dr. Spock? Probably related to "Coming of Age in Samoa"
3. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion- It's not a book, and it's a forgery, but a scarily accurate one
2. The Manifesto of the Communist Party- Wholeheartedly agree
1. Darwin’s Black Box- What is this, Creationism???

I would add the Koran and the Talmud