Tanner: The Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion

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The Chicago Philosophy Meetup discusses George Bernard Shaw’s Revolutionist’s Handbook at Albion Oak Park; please read ahead.

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The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules. In his *Revolutionist’s Handbook*, John Tanner never lets a rule stand. He dismisses democracy as the election of the incompetent many in place of the appointment of the corrupt few. He warns us never to do unto others as we would have them do unto us, for, their tastes may differ. He observes that marriage is *only* popular because it enables temptation- and opportunity-maxxing. As he sees it, institutions, creeds, and customs fail, and for the same reason: they ask nothing of those who uphold them, and that they only ever depend on unreasonable people who refuse to adapt to the world around them. Come discuss and leave a revolutionary! Please read ahead—the text is available here!