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This is pure censorship, belittling people who call it out means taking the the side of censorship. Nothing overly “dramatic” about it (there’s also something t
by paganel 4y ago
This is pure censorship, belittling people who call it out means taking the the side of censorship. Nothing overly “dramatic” about it (there’s also something to be said about using the word “dramatic” with a negative connotation).
- starkd 4y agoEven if the revisions are fairly innocuous in themselves, it is still altering history in a way that impedes future generations from an honest legitimate view of history. Imagine a world with a filtered awareness for history. It is a closing of the mind.
- acdha 4y agoExcept it’s entirely voluntarily done by the owners themselves. Nobody forced them to do it, there hasn’t been an organized protest asking them to, it’s just a business making decisions about what they think will boost sales. Capitalists making independent business decisions is pretty far from 1984.
- op00to 4y agoAre corporations even mentioned in 1984?
- kcplate 4y agoThe publishers could not care less about removing words due to the fact that they might be offensive in 2023. They are not losing any sales because of any specific words in these books. They are editing the books simply because it creates cheap publicity around the brand. This isn’t censorship, it’s a publicity stunt.