/lit/ - Literature

are there any books about the crushing weight of being an NPC?

I used to have an interest in history. But the more I learn about the past, the more clear it becomes that I am just a pawn in the game of the events occurring in my own time. Let's face it, Donald Trump is the main character of all of our lifetimes. We can sit around pretending like we are thinking important thoughts and making great progress on our little pet projects, but the fact is -- there are people out there who can literally alter the course of the human species every single day and command the thoughts of the population with a few words. That's such an incredible embodiment of what it CAN mean to be a human - how can we possibly measure ourselves against people like that?