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Originally Posted by Jimbow
I don't think so. Pretty much tells people what to believe. Of course I know it's all a lie but then I've been behind the curtain and seen the machinary that makes the show go on.
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Palahniuk's work doesn't tell you what to believe; it asks you to question what you believe based on societal conventions.
Fight Club in particular is a sardonic exploration of hypermasculinity (which, in a sense, makes your gay comments rather ironic), feminism, commercialism/consumerism, self-actualization, existentialism, and class struggles.
The book works to break down the norms of social order in terms of gender roles, class roles, and the problem of personal worth in a materialistic society. If anything, it works to undo if not dismantle and destroy what you would call "a lie" and "the machinery behind the curtain."