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A capitalist company changing books to make them as inoffensive as possible to sell as many books as possible doesn't exactly scream Marx to me. I'm guessing t
by cmh89 4y ago
A capitalist company changing books to make them as inoffensive as possible to sell as many books as possible doesn't exactly scream Marx to me.
I'm guessing the main motivation for both the changes to R.L Stine and Roald Dahl's works to keep selling them to a new generation of children more than fight the 'culture war'
- aliasxneo 4y agoIs there precedent for this, though? Given the existence of capitalism for a while now, it seems like publishers would have honed in on this technique in the past. Then again, my knowledge is limited here, so maybe it's not new.
- cmh89 4y agoThe Bible is a good example of a book that has been changed for its audience. They also make changes to books to update language. They make modern versions of the Canterbury Tales https://www.amazon.com/Canterbury-Tales-Version-English-Classics/dp/0307743535 https://www.amazon.com/Canterbury-Tales-Version-English-Clas... It's decently hard to find examples due to the discussion of Roald Dahls work. I just seriously doubt Scholastic is doing this for any other reason than making sure their books are never found to be objectionable.