I've been finishing about one book per week every week for the last 3 years. It's probably my favorite hobby. I read mostly non-fiction and take lots of notes.
While these 10 books aren't about current events (most of them are pretty old) they all deeply apply to what's happening now. I've read a lot of good stuff and a lot of crap, but these 10 are the best time investments I've made when it comes to reading. I think they're very important and relevant.
The books by topic:
Political Psychology
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind By Gustave Le Bon
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
Thought Reform And The Psychology Of Totalism by Robert Jay Lifton
Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building; Selected Papers
History & Culture
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C. S. Lewis
The Pagan Temptation by Thomas Molnar
Political Philosophy
The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy by Carl Schmitt
Fascism Viewed from the Right by Julius Evola
King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World by Gai Eaton
Read "The Great Taking" by David Roger Webb
Here's where you can download a PDF for free or buy a physical copy:
https://thegreattaking.com
Its a heavily researched book that talks about how all securities (stocks, bonds, etc) in North America, Europe, or anywhere else are not owned by the investor and gives the laws that make it possible.
Archived Zip File of all references from "The Great Taking" minus [48], [27] (Video has been scrubbed) and [10] (Don't have an electronic copy of the '87 Book)
https://files.catbox.moe/6pxbwr.zip
Full [48] is too big to be included in a catbox.moe link, It hasn't been scrubbed off YouTube yet.
(October-19-2020) Cross-Border Payment -- A Vision for the Future | IMF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVmKN4DSu3g
Source [4] or [5] cites Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 8 and 9 as the legal right to take all of your security investments.
A link to the source is here
https://archive.org/details/ec-clearing-questionnaire/page/19/mode/2up
U.c.c. - Article 8 - Investment Securities (1994) can be found here https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/8
U.c.c. - Article 9 - Secured Transactions (2010) can be found here https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/9
EXTRA RESEARCH ON DAVID ROGERS WEBB - AUTHOR of "The Great Taking"
EXTRA-on-David-Rogers-Webb.zip 73.2 MB
https://files.catbox.moe/24nvf2.zip
GREAT SUMMARIES OF THE BOOK
The Great Taking: The Banks' Sinister Secret Plan to Take Everything You Have! | Nobody Special Finance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz-pfYA5B4k
Nobody Special Finance channel is pretty professional and gives a good summary. Intros are about 10 min.
"The Great Taking" by David Webb A detail explanation of the financial crisis preceding The Great Reset. | Parallel Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIoGu692a64
You Already Own Nothing: "The Great Taking" with Parallel Mike | Parallel Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgshz_RCN9g