• Rottcodd@lemmy.world
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    Any ideology that bans books is self-evidently intellectually and philosophically bankrupt.

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      • 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.
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        But why ban Hilary Clinton’s book? What sort of crazed ideology would be there that could be a threat to the current government?

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          neoliberalism and “liberal internationalism”, also known as austerity, IMF debt, coups d’etat, getting bombed by NATO and signing Status of Forces Agreements