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Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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Philosophy
Politics
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Trapped in war's bureaucratic madness, "Catch-22" coined a term now embedded in our language. Translated into 30+ languages with millions sold, Heller's WWII satire influenced everything from "M*A*S*H" to corporate culture. What paradoxical prison are you caught in today?

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When Everyone's Trying to Kill You, Sanity Becomes a Crime

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A bombardier sits naked in a tree during a funeral. A dead man's belongings haunt a tent, impossible to remove because he never officially existed. A soldier wrapped entirely in bandages may or may not be hollow inside. Welcome to the world of "Catch-22," where the only way to prove you're crazy enough to stop flying combat missions is to demonstrate you're sane enough to keep flying them. Joseph Heller's masterpiece doesn't just tell a war story-it exposes the machinery of madness that grinds up human beings while calling itself rational. The novel gave us a term now woven into everyday language, describing those impossible situations where the rules themselves trap you: needing experience to get a job that would give you experience, requiring insurance to afford treatment that would qualify you for insurance. But beneath its dark comedy lies a devastating question: What happens when the system designed to protect you becomes the thing you need protection from?

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The Beautiful Trap: How Circular Logic Becomes Law and Madness Becomes Policy

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The Anti-Hero Who Refuses to Die for Nonsense and the Truth Beneath Abstractions

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Bureaucracy's Ghosts: When Paperwork Erases Humanity and Bodies Become Processing Units

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The Profit Motive: When War Becomes Business and Capitalism Transcends Allegiance

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Rome Burns: When Civilization's Veneer Cracks and Justice Becomes Selective Enforcement

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The Leap Toward Uncertainty: Choosing Freedom Over Comfort and Moral Discomfort Over Complicity

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