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I think 1984 is more of a sign of the times, and not just mentioned in the context of banned book threads
by an0malous 10mo ago
I think 1984 is more of a sign of the times, and not just mentioned in the context of banned book threads
- Barrin92 10mo ago>I think 1984 is more of a sign of the times Honestly given that the thing gets brought up about five times per day by absolutely anyone for any conceivable reason I think it's the opposite. The real dystopian picture of the future is getting hit on the head with a copy of 1984, forever.
- echelon 10mo agoThe surveillance and censorship system being built around us is alarming. It only takes one leadership failure to turn it into shackles.
- silexia 10mo agoThere are no banned books in America. Not spending taxpayer money forcibly taken from citizens on books they disagree with for public school libraries is far from banning books. If you are okay with a book indoctrinating kids with far left ideology, why not put in copies of far right books to balance it out? No one wants kids indoctrinated in culture war garbage. If you want to own a book, go buy it yourself.
- RobotToaster 10mo ago"The federal mafia" by Irwin Schiff is currently banned from sale in the USA
- JSR_FDED 10mo agoThat’s a book written by a libertarian “taxation is unconstitutional“ crackpot.
- RobotToaster 10mo agoAnd? It's still banned in the USA, therefore refuting the idea that there are no books banned in the USA
- 47282847 10mo agoCan you point me to one book banned by libraries that contains “far left ideology”? And one with “far right ideology” not found in libraries?
- echelon 10mo agoI was apparently 6% of the 1984 mentions. Doing my part.
- Yizahi 10mo agoIt would be even higher if we would add any string with "orwell" in it, since in 99% cases it's about the same idea and in the same context.