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1984, Brave New World, and now Fahrenheit 451. Reading these books as a kid I thought holy hell, what an awful place to live. Now they are all becoming true. It
by 127 6y ago
1984, Brave New World, and now Fahrenheit 451. Reading these books as a kid I thought holy hell, what an awful place to live. Now they are all becoming true. It's weird.
- tim333 6y agoThough those were more about government censorship rather than a private bookseller deciding what books to stock.
- leadingthenet 6y agoHow quick people are to defend ubiquitous megacorps from accusations of censorship, as though it not being done by the government somehow makes it ok. All under the guise of being "private" entities, of course.
- t0mbstone 6y agoThere's a certain point where private organizations wield almost as much power as the government. At what point do we, as a society, recognize this is a problem and start regulating those companies to force them to operate for the good of society instead of just for profit?
- akvadrako 6y ago1984 was set in the future but Orwell was attempting to describe the attitude he saw around him at the time. And I'm pretty sure more books were censored in the past.