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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Imagine risking your job or going to jail to read Hillary Clinton's book.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Imagine being a "party official" for the very party that would "crack down" on you for your reading list.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] Rottcodd 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any ideology that bans books is self-evidently intellectually and philosophically bankrupt.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)
  • Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds, Pure Socialism vs. Siege Socialism
  • Understanding Siege Socialism w/ Gabriel Rockhill
  • Aldous Huxley was right[1] What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.