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China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds, Pure Socialism vs. Siege Socialism
Understanding Siege Socialism w/ Gabriel Rockhill
Aldous Huxley was right[1] What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.