You always need to remember that people on the left are not educated and don't know what things like book burning refer to even if they think they do. People on the left with their lack of education and voluntary illiteracy think it's like flag burning or even simply burning a book. They get from context that it's wrong and then will oppose it but they do not know why it is wrong or what it actually refers to.
Whenever you write content for people who are on the left and do not have fundamental education you need to be prepared with a curriculum to fill in for all of their missing education because they do not know what you're talking about otherwise. People on the left think book burning was by people who were a bit like anti-technology or anti new things they couldn't understand or something.
They do no know that it was not books that were the problem but what the books contained. Ideas, facts and other things that was not inline with their beliefs. If it was their book then it would be spared. Book burning would refer to the systematic destruction or erasure of any writing that contradicted their doctrine or philosophy.
People on the left don't know any of this because they do not receive any education. They only receive indoctrination.
I've not read it though book burning is a historical phenomena taking on various different forms but basically the same thing.
There are at least two phases of book burning.
The first consists of destroying any using either a whitelist scheme or a blacklist scheme. This can also include burning books if you don't know what they are saying.
The second form is more extreme. Destroying all books more or less, making them forbidden.
I think in the book you're referring to it's a theatrical form of phase two.
In reality phase two isn't some kind of superstitious fear of books and knowledge. You have similar restrictions in North Korea on any form of literature or media (tapes for example). They're not even on the internet. They have their own nation wide LAN.
It's not possible for them to completely eliminate all forms of media but they're close to it. What media remains is very tightly controlled. If a random DVD from the $1 bargain bin fell off the back of a flying lorry over North Korea, you were a North Korean, you found it and then were found with it then you might even get executed for it.
The purpose of both is to keep people in ignorance, eliminate any competing influence and to suppress original thought lest it lead to dangerous ideas. It is to enforce the dominance of a regime. It's not about if books are good or bad in and off themselves.
Both phases have varying degrees of suppression within them. There's a phase zero which might not eliminate content but would make it very difficult to widely disseminate or to access. Depending which lane you're looking at, most have now crossed phase 0 into phase 1 and rapidly advancing to phase 2. Once you go into phase 1 then phase 2 is only a matter of time.
yep, i came to Reddit after Digg 4.0 back in 2010 and there was a good few years where there were lots of possibilities. Orange man announcing his running for the presidency in 2015 sealed Reddits fate.
the "build your own website" crowd has no idea how websites actually function. It involves hosting, and domains for registering users, and if used, a payment processor. All of those things go into "building a website" involve other companies unfortunately Big Tech shuts them down. Remember Hatreon? The crowdfunded site with no restrictions, Visa, the sites payment processor shut it down. I believe the same thing happened to Gab and many other sites.
You always need to remember that people on the left are not educated and don't know what things like book burning refer to even if they think they do. People on the left with their lack of education and voluntary illiteracy think it's like flag burning or even simply burning a book. They get from context that it's wrong and then will oppose it but they do not know why it is wrong or what it actually refers to.
Whenever you write content for people who are on the left and do not have fundamental education you need to be prepared with a curriculum to fill in for all of their missing education because they do not know what you're talking about otherwise. People on the left think book burning was by people who were a bit like anti-technology or anti new things they couldn't understand or something.
They do no know that it was not books that were the problem but what the books contained. Ideas, facts and other things that was not inline with their beliefs. If it was their book then it would be spared. Book burning would refer to the systematic destruction or erasure of any writing that contradicted their doctrine or philosophy.
People on the left don't know any of this because they do not receive any education. They only receive indoctrination.
I'm often surprised at how many people don't know the flash point of paper is 451F. It's like they never even heard of the book.
I've not read it though book burning is a historical phenomena taking on various different forms but basically the same thing.
There are at least two phases of book burning.
The first consists of destroying any using either a whitelist scheme or a blacklist scheme. This can also include burning books if you don't know what they are saying.
The second form is more extreme. Destroying all books more or less, making them forbidden.
I think in the book you're referring to it's a theatrical form of phase two.
In reality phase two isn't some kind of superstitious fear of books and knowledge. You have similar restrictions in North Korea on any form of literature or media (tapes for example). They're not even on the internet. They have their own nation wide LAN.
It's not possible for them to completely eliminate all forms of media but they're close to it. What media remains is very tightly controlled. If a random DVD from the $1 bargain bin fell off the back of a flying lorry over North Korea, you were a North Korean, you found it and then were found with it then you might even get executed for it.
The purpose of both is to keep people in ignorance, eliminate any competing influence and to suppress original thought lest it lead to dangerous ideas. It is to enforce the dominance of a regime. It's not about if books are good or bad in and off themselves.
Both phases have varying degrees of suppression within them. There's a phase zero which might not eliminate content but would make it very difficult to widely disseminate or to access. Depending which lane you're looking at, most have now crossed phase 0 into phase 1 and rapidly advancing to phase 2. Once you go into phase 1 then phase 2 is only a matter of time.
Came to reddit from digg and was in awe of the possibilities, but it devolved into irrelevancy - what a shame.
I never was on digg, but you're not the first person I've heard say that. What a shame indeed.
yep, i came to Reddit after Digg 4.0 back in 2010 and there was a good few years where there were lots of possibilities. Orange man announcing his running for the presidency in 2015 sealed Reddits fate.
They have every other toxic and degenerate topic on there but fuck anyone who presents an articulated argument on the conspiracy sub.
the "build your own website" crowd has no idea how websites actually function. It involves hosting, and domains for registering users, and if used, a payment processor. All of those things go into "building a website" involve other companies unfortunately Big Tech shuts them down. Remember Hatreon? The crowdfunded site with no restrictions, Visa, the sites payment processor shut it down. I believe the same thing happened to Gab and many other sites.
It's a weak argument that's an obvious play on people's lack of technical knowledge.
Don't forget loads of money from In-Q-Tel!
Its not a war, its a coup. We are not the underground living in digital ghettos.