Indeed. Power-hungry authoritarians, demagogues, and ideologues of all stripes (ethnic, religious, etc.) have always viewed books as dangerous. Just look at th

Indeed. Power-hungry authoritarians, demagogues, and ideologues of all stripes (ethnic, religious, etc.) have always viewed books as dangerous. Just look at the long list of major book-burning incidents throughout history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_book-burning_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_book-burning_incidents Books are dangerous, because knowledge is dangerous -- dangerous to ignorance, censorship, and misinformation.