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 Fancy bookstore in medium size European city. The “Economics” section is wedged in between “diversity” and “ecology” and consists of 50% hardcore Marxist titles. NOT GOOD. Hopefully young folks are watching BitcoinTok instead. https://image.nostr.build/5f0d4b10890581e831517d4ab8dcb96e0e76f9d2a536b84db488f73dabdea693.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e18f3fc80a2e5a2b7f6d9f9a840f12be2e4b22af266768915c6a64817ce59e90.jpg  
 Yeh I’ve noticed this in most book stores. Tons of economic books on why capitalism is evil and modern monetary theory but not much else. 
 I went back to a famous used bookstore in the Pacific Northwest last year and it was very much the same.

It was especially sad to me because years earlier I had found a copy of Bastiat's Economic Harmonies there. 
 Are you talking about Powell's in Portland? The staff demanded that some books could not be sold by the company a couple of years ago during the height of the DEI bullshit. The owner caved a little and removed them from the store but allowed them to be sold online. The hypocrisy of the Left is unreal at times. 
 No, it was in Seattle and I don't recall the name off-hand. 

They ironically had a "banned books" section that of course only had fashionable left-wing propagandists who aren't banned anywhere. I would have had mad respect for them if that section had like Alex Jones and the like, even though I still wouldn't have been interested. 
 Are you in Europe for Bitcoin Amsterdam by any chance? 😁 
 You can usually find a few bitcoin books too. But unfortunately not comparable to all the books on Socialism.

Seems like the old continent wants to go through with this one last time. 
 
 It is definitely troubling.   On the flip side the tendency for young persons to be a bit rebellious is good when common sense is hidden. 
 Hopelijk zijn er betere boek shops te vinden in Amsterdam 😁😉 
 I'm not a Marxist but intelligent ppl appreciate that Marxism has some valuable insights. Using 'Marxist' as a condemnatory adjective is lazy and shallow.