The Human Spirit Resists Regimentation
At least, that's the lesson I learned from listening to the MANY immigrants of the 50s through 90s that had experienced Leftist government eager to squash them into conformity.
Frankly, the Leftists in academia seem dedicated to reducing their students to soulless automatons of Leftism.
One of the most powerful mechanisms for encouraging and promoting Freedom of Thought is the public library. Unfortunately, librarians have become radicalized from those sweet old ladies we remember from our own younger days. They no longer work to open the minds of the borrowers; their new mission is to shut down thought.
Their method for accomplishing that? Get rid of the books.
They don't have to do a Fahrenheit 451-type burning - instead, they just cull "old books" - those books that don't have the Correct Thinking on the New World Order.
No flames, just a book sale. With the unsold books going to recycling. No nasty photos reminiscent of the 1930s Nazi book burnings. Just a clean, behind-the-scenes disposal of those Nasty, non-approved Not-Leftist Thoughts.
It's not just 'bad books' that are going - it's ALL physical books. Many libraries are moving to a mostly online model. Think of it as a 1984 scenario - how much easier the allies of Big Brother would have managed, if only the books weren't a physical artifact that had to move through re-writing to re-publication. Instead, Winston would have been able to quickly move a few electrons around, and the Old History would have been no more!
This is why it's important to buy, and retain, e-books without DRM. We have to OWN those books, not just keep them IF permitted. For this reason, patronize those sites/authors who give ownership to the buyers.
Project Gutenberg is one such site - free access to older books in e-formats.
Books, games, and more - Humble Bundle.
Smashwords - DRM-free by default. Also, a place where my downloads of short stories were higher than they were on Amazon (don't know why).
A list of sites for book ownership.
More on the nitty-gritty of DRM.
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Frankly, the Leftists in academia seem dedicated to reducing their students to soulless automatons of Leftism.
One of the most powerful mechanisms for encouraging and promoting Freedom of Thought is the public library. Unfortunately, librarians have become radicalized from those sweet old ladies we remember from our own younger days. They no longer work to open the minds of the borrowers; their new mission is to shut down thought.
Their method for accomplishing that? Get rid of the books.
They don't have to do a Fahrenheit 451-type burning - instead, they just cull "old books" - those books that don't have the Correct Thinking on the New World Order.
No flames, just a book sale. With the unsold books going to recycling. No nasty photos reminiscent of the 1930s Nazi book burnings. Just a clean, behind-the-scenes disposal of those Nasty, non-approved Not-Leftist Thoughts.
It's not just 'bad books' that are going - it's ALL physical books. Many libraries are moving to a mostly online model. Think of it as a 1984 scenario - how much easier the allies of Big Brother would have managed, if only the books weren't a physical artifact that had to move through re-writing to re-publication. Instead, Winston would have been able to quickly move a few electrons around, and the Old History would have been no more!
This is why it's important to buy, and retain, e-books without DRM. We have to OWN those books, not just keep them IF permitted. For this reason, patronize those sites/authors who give ownership to the buyers.
Project Gutenberg is one such site - free access to older books in e-formats.
Books, games, and more - Humble Bundle.
Smashwords - DRM-free by default. Also, a place where my downloads of short stories were higher than they were on Amazon (don't know why).
A list of sites for book ownership.
More on the nitty-gritty of DRM.
Share
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