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4010 sats \ 58 comments \ @birdeye21 26 Nov 2023 meta

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?

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1071 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 26 Nov 2023

I read stuff from Celine. But I think he got amnesty later after the war

975 sats \ 4 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 26 Nov 2023

I guess I didn’t realize there were banned books

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 26 Nov 2023

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.

Atlas Shrugged
Suicide of the West

First two to come to mind. Reqd both and both are worth reading.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 26 Nov 2023

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.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 26 Nov 2023

Maybe more now than in many years. Al least in the U. S.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

Certainly dependent on where you live, but yes! Maybe prohibited/discouraged is better wording

537 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 26 Nov 2023

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?

485 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitentrepreneur 26 Nov 2023

grapes of wrath is an amazing book

142 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 26 Nov 2023

It really is. I watch the movie every once in a while too

28 sats \ 0 replies \ @brandonsbytes 26 Nov 2023

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463 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 26 Nov 2023

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310 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 26 Nov 2023 freebie

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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310 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 26 Nov 2023

That's right!

464 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 26 Nov 2023

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.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 26 Nov 2023

I see Irwin Schiff made the list. His son Peter would be proud, and so would his bitcoiner grandson.

372 sats \ 2 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

That grandson is no longer a bitcoiner, at least based on what he says now

It was all engagement farming

Schiff for brains 😭

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 26 Nov 2023 freebie

Is that right? I no longer keep close tabs on the Schiffs since grandpa died.

371 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

Yep, he's an AI maxi now, apparently bitcoin isn't important to the equation anymore

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 27 Nov 2023

Wow, so many good shares here. Thank you everyone :,)

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 26 Nov 2023

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

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @stackernews_9inky 26 Nov 2023

I think there's a difference between only allowing material that is age appropriate for children in schools vs banned books for everyone.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @phatom 27 Nov 2023

Why will I want to read a banned book

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 27 Nov 2023

because of the first thing i said in this post

43 sats \ 0 replies \ @stackernews_9inky 26 Nov 2023

The Anarchist Cookbook was popular when I was at school. The .txt shared, and printed out. Great fun.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @The_Daniel 26 Nov 2023

A Kansas school district banned Charlotte’s Web in 2006 for “blasphemy.” 🤣

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 26 Nov 2023

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.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 26 Nov 2023

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.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say." ― George R.R. Martin

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

yes, nothing is truly banned, hence why im asking for recommendations heh ;) dont tell daddy biden pls

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @PlebeiusG 26 Nov 2023

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.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

You're ahead of the curve ser. Can't forget a nice physical collection too tho!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @PlebeiusG 26 Nov 2023

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 🤣

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 26 Nov 2023

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/.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @rafaelasprilla334 26 Nov 2023

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/

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 26 Nov 2023

I'm afraid to zap banned books. Even heels has ears

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @TNStacker 26 Nov 2023

American Psycho was banned some places when I read it back in the early 90s.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @brandonsbytes 26 Nov 2023

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

lol psychotic even!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @brandonsbytes 27 Nov 2023

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 26 Nov 2023

"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).

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 26 Nov 2023

Does Dr. seuss count?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

dont think so, but those are great

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @030e0dca83 26 Nov 2023

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

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

worth reading do you think?

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 27 Nov 2023

Only if you don't have what else to read. Can't say I got pleasure

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 27 Nov 2023

448 sats \ 7 replies \ @Natalia 26 Nov 2023

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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 26 Nov 2023

Thank you for that link :)

42 sats \ 5 replies \ @Natalia 26 Nov 2023

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49 sats \ 4 replies \ @nemo 26 Nov 2023

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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @SpaceHodler 26 Nov 2023

"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.