Re: Do they still sell "Conservative Party Manifesto" during Elections ?
But they do not sell Mein Kampf
Probably because you can get it free now the copyright's expired.
And a fascinating read it is. Areas where there's considerable insight and intelligence, others where a conclusion is reached (of a view declared) without any discussion. An expected narcissistic psychopathy, but (very) occasional human sympathy that it at odds with everything we know. The reader, of course, has the considerable advantage over the author that we know how it all ends, but the command of language, even in translation, is impressive. The early pages have a feel to them that I find reminiscent of the feel of Conrad's Heart of Darkness. I had hoped to understand how the anti-Semitism was triggered, but whilst the flaws of representative democracy are well dissected, the fate of a few million Jews appears to be decided in a handful of lines of the book.
The State of Bavaria was wrong to ban the book - it should be encouraged to be read, because it certainly isn't going to win new recruits to the cause of national socialism (Jezza Corbyn is a considerably greater threat on that). It is a fascinating if partial insight to the mind of nutter who still casts a strong shadow over Europe well over a hundred years after his birth, and that shadow arguably extends across Eurasia and the Middle East.
If you don't mind a bit of hard going (some of it is very dull and repetitive, more James Joyce than Conrad), and you make sure you read it where nobody will know what you're reading and drawing the wrong conclusions, this is well worth the effort. Don't worry: Afterwards you won't be pulling your boots on and donning your Hugo Boss.
I thought hard whether to AC this, and on balance, yes.