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A review by brannonkirkhuang
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.
It becomes anti-communist at a certain point, yet without offering anything more worthwhile than communism, which feels terribly lazy and simplistic. It essentially shrugs its shoulders and says, there’s no possibility of improvement in society, thus, this status quo of military industrial complexes, colonialism, imperialism, neocolonialism, greed, hoarding of wealth, hoarding of human rights like housing, food, water, and healthcare, increasing poverty, starvation, homelessness, the destruction of the environment, yes, all of this is far better than seeking to improve things. That’s lazy thinking. If you reject communism, please propose something better that will still aim to improve society, to free the working class from exploitation and wage slavery. If our society is uninterested in saving lives, improving living conditions, and feeding all of us, then of course our lives are meaningless, and this book doesn’t need to waste so much time explaining that to us. There has to be something better to strive for, because life is much bigger than us, and will go on beyond us.