Charles Henri Ford is under appreciated as perhaps the most...

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Charles Henri Ford is under appreciated as perhaps the most prophetic of his generation
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He literally is the model of the "fanatic" narcissistic nihilist who is motivated solely by fame. America is Nietzschean in this way-- the way Fabian Socialism & Victorianism in general was-- the WILL to FAME is a crucial element of our "rational planning"
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The key thing is that he's not reading "books"-- what he was doing was keeping tabs on the publishing industry & what everyone "on the cutting edge" was doing, so he could copy it. He was the first "pop music journalist/critic" Blues: A Magazine of New Rhythms, in 1929 and 1930
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Spoooooky
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The Progressives in the Bohemian Aristocracy don't want you to remember that this book exists
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