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Amazon bans sale of most editions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf

• powerslacker 7y ago
  I get that people want to stop the spread of Nazi propaganda, but making it so that people can't purchase Mein Kampf just because of the ideas that it contains is reminiscent of a dystopian novel. Where are independent researchers supposed to get access to these books in their printed form? The internet is already subjected to massive censorship and historical revisionism. It's a bit troubling to think of a world where Amazon determines what information is and is not available to the public.
  • kilo_bravo_3 7y ago
    Not censorship. Not revisionism. People can still buy the book. Independent researchers can get their copy from a library, or any other bookseller. Amazon is not determining what information is available to the public.
    • opless 7y ago
      Once one person decides to do something and it’s seen as okay, more people will do it. Companies are just the same, suddenly the entire society will fall into line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect
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• sumosudo 7y ago
  “Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.” ― Edmund Burke
  • krapp 7y ago
    We all know that history, though, including the people who are trying to repeat it.
• TeaDude 7y ago
  Good. You shouldn't buy Mein Kampf ...it's in the public domain! (Well, the original german version is...) A thoroughly punishing read but adults are entitled to inspect it for themselves so that it may never happen again. The infantalization of culture continues...