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paleotn

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4. Yep. Totalitarian regimes of all stripes must control the truth or their "magic" fades

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2023, 08:01 AM

Jun 2023

The first step is banning books deemed "inappropriate." Relatively easy since many people don't read. But it does make the next steps a bit easier... banning speech deemed "inappropriate." Next comes banning thought deemed inappropriate.

If you think that could never happen here, just look at the Weimar Republic. The land of Goethe and Beethoven.

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I couldn't come up with an answer, can you? [View all] RAB910 Jun 2023 OP

Seems half the people of Florida think that time is now. Croney Jun 2023 #1

May seem like it, but it's not. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2023 #7

Indeed malaise Jun 2023 #2

A fascist regime is such a fragile construct EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #3

Yep. Totalitarian regimes of all stripes must control the truth or their "magic" fades paleotn Jun 2023 #4

"Don't worry, be happy." - Winston Smith ret5hd Jun 2023 #14

I believe book banning ... Jrose Jun 2023 #5

That's a winner. I like the rainbow effect too. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2023 #6

Thinking. . .thinking. . .uhhhhh. . .nope. got nothing. niyad Jun 2023 #8

Kick dalton99a Jun 2023 #9

The post-war government of Bavaria banned Mein Kampf while it held the copyright muriel_volestrangler Jun 2023 #10

Would DeSatan, if asked, say he would ban Mein Kampf from school libraries? Or is his book banning allegorical oracle Jun 2023 #21

When evil is considered good, it becomes a matter of perspective? czarjak Jun 2023 #11

Or the good guys wanting to come down extra hard on immigrants from a particular region nt Shermann Jun 2023 #12

The answer depends on your definition of "good guys". Jack the Greater Jun 2023 #13

The bad guys always think they're the good guys Warpy Jun 2023 #15

Well, there have been dangerous books published, such as the Protocols of Zion, a hoax Martin68 Jun 2023 #16

Yes, and the "Turner Diaries" as another example. Jack-o-Lantern Jun 2023 #17

Understandable johnnyfins Jun 2023 #18

Exactly 100% Tribetime Jun 2023 #19

It's so counterproductive. calimary Jun 2023 #20

Mein Kampf in Germany post WWIi Kaleva Jun 2023 #22