If the media or political authorities are trying to dissuade you from something, that something is probably a pretty good thing.
So what are legitimately "illegal" books that you've read in your past? Which do you recommend others trying to find a copy of? How can we get our hands on these books?
Why doesn't the government want us reading these books?
I can't believe how many of these banned books I read. Was the Grapes Of Wrath banned for the final page or was it because Steinbeck was a communist?
grapes of wrath is an amazing book
It really is. I watch the movie every once in a while too
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Orwell called him a communist. That final scene was powerful. It made an impression on me. (The lactating woman feeding a starving man her breast milk)
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That's right!
I read stuff from Celine. But I think he got amnesty later after the war
I guess I didn’t realize there were banned books
I agree with this. There's a lot of talk about book banning but it's impossible today. Examples of what is called a ban is a library not having a book. That's not a banning. Amazon not selling a book is also not an example. If someone has an actual example of a banned book I'd love to know about it. Heck, in the US they can't even stop the spread of plans to make your own gun. The internet has ended this issue.
There are books that are culturally frowned on though.
First two to come to mind. Reqd both and both are worth reading.
If you cannot get it in an American library you may be economically prohibited. I suppose one has to believe in the concept of public libraries.
Maybe more now than in many years. Al least in the U. S.
Certainly dependent on where you live, but yes! Maybe prohibited/discouraged is better wording
This made me curious which books have been banned at the government level.
In the US at least, most seem to be banned on religious/sexuality/fraud grounds. One exception to the rule is Operation Dark Heart which I hadn't even heard of.
I see Irwin Schiff made the list. His son Peter would be proud, and so would his bitcoiner grandson.
That grandson is no longer a bitcoiner, at least based on what he says now
It was all engagement farming
Schiff for brains 😭
Is that right? I no longer keep close tabs on the Schiffs since grandpa died.
Yep, he's an AI maxi now, apparently bitcoin isn't important to the equation anymore
I just choose to live in states that respect my personal freedom and liberty rather than living in red states and pretending that is true https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-04-22/book-bans-soaring-schools-new-laws-republican-states
I think there's a difference between only allowing material that is age appropriate for children in schools vs banned books for everyone.
American Psycho was banned some places when I read it back in the early 90s.
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lol psychotic even!
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I reject the framing of banned books for most people in the world. Its a pysop The exceptions I allow for are North Koreans and maybe the Chinese. Book banning is not possible with the Internet. Reject the mental framing that imprisons us.
Maybe censored is a more precise framing. I like this discussion, don't get me wrong. When groups try to censor it is a sign of weakness.
yes, nothing is truly banned, hence why im asking for recommendations heh ;) dont tell daddy biden pls
The Anarchist Cookbook was popular when I was at school. The .txt shared, and printed out. Great fun.
Why will I want to read a banned book
because of the first thing i said in this post
A Kansas school district banned Charlotte’s Web in 2006 for “blasphemy.” 🤣
A while back there was a publishing company called Loompanics. They carried all kinds of crazy books, it was very interesting to look through their catalog. Paladin Press bought their book list eventually, but Paladin Press also went out of business. Here's some background info.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loompanics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin_Press
So, you think to yourself - there's no way I can get my hands on a copy of these books. But never fear! If you search on the publishing company name, you can find many (most?) of them on https://annas-archive.org/.
I'm afraid to zap banned books. Even heels has ears
I didn't know about it but now I got new books to read
https://www.comunidadbaratz.com/blog/20-libros-prohibidos-hace-tiempo-y-que-ahora-son-really-influyentes-en-la-literatura-universal/
I've pirated thousands of books and read many, many of them.
I don't think this is what you were asking... but I think information should be free. Especially when it's simply for my personal benefit. Many of these were science, math or programming related. I am addicted to learning and get antsy when I'm not engorging.
I wouldn't have bought 99% of them anyways. I just use the internet as my personal library.
Piracy is "banned" so-to-speak. So I think this still counts.
You're ahead of the curve ser. Can't forget a nice physical collection too tho!
Bought a few this week as a matter of fact. Not even from Amazon 😳
One of them was a book I had pirated years ago 🤣
Have anybody mentioned Mein Kampf? I remember how I decided to read both volumes (hope you know there're two volumes), still can't get what was the purpose to read
worth reading do you think?
Only if you don't have what else to read. Can't say I got pleasure
Does Dr. seuss count?
dont think so, but those are great
"Mein Kampf". Although technically it is not banned where I live, people publishing and selling it have had problems with government institutions in the past. And that is biggest PR for this book. Some parts are totally boring (I know you don't like jews, I don't want to read about that multiple pages in a row), some are interesting (how you organized party at the beginning).
Wow, so many good shares here. Thank you everyone :,)
Mein Kampf
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Thank you for that link :)
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"Information does not just want to be free, it longs to be free."
-- Eric Hughes, "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto"
This has proven itself here in at least 3 ways - in relation to the banning of books, Anna's collection and @nemo's deletions.
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dont think so, plenty of places to buy it looks like
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