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uristmcderp t1_iu3aqco wrote

Reply to comment by JetPunk in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet

Maybe for like childrens' libraries.

The real dystopia is if those books are actually banned. That implies there's enough power in whatever's written that it would sway the worldviews of your citizens. Or your citizens are that easily manipulated.

In reality, banned books are more like unpopular books that aren't worth shelving much less printing.

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