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katakowsj · 4037 days ago · link · · parent · post: William Powell: I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its premise as flawed
Nice to see Powell voice his change of heart. I can remember seeing the book for the first time on a bus ride home from school in the 8th grade. A marginalized kid in my neighborhood, whom I never had before talked with, was searching for someone to share his newfound power with. Now, due to the "Cookbook", he had discovered an edge that he had over everyone. He shared with me that he had made napalm on his stove top while his mom and dad were out. "No one can f---ing mess with me now!" he said, as went on to describe the many ways he could make another person's life miserable after unleashing his napalm on them.