Hillary Clinton and Hannah Arendt thought to be among authors of books procured by officials, as Xi Jinping tightens grip on Communist party
    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      104·
      2 months ago

      Imagine being a “party official” for the very party that would “crack down” on you for your reading list.

  • Rottcodd@lemmy.world
    1711·
    2 months ago

    Any ideology that bans books is self-evidently intellectually and philosophically bankrupt.

    • davelAEnglish
      212·
      2 months ago
      • Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds, Pure Socialism vs. Siege Socialism
      • Understanding Siege Socialism w/ Gabriel Rockhill
      • Aldous Huxley was right[1] What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.
    • pancake@lemmygrad.ml
      9·
      2 months ago

      I wouldn’t consider it an ideological thing, but more of a strategic decision by Xi et al.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        16·
        2 months ago

        But why ban Hilary Clinton’s book? What sort of crazed ideology would be there that could be a threat to the current government?

        • itsoctoberEnglish
          10·
          2 months ago

          neoliberalism and “liberal internationalism”, also known as austerity, IMF debt, coups d’etat, getting bombed by NATO and signing Status of Forces Agreements

            • PolandIsAStateOfMind
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              2 months ago

              Ask Libyans in specific case of Clinton and everyone in global south about neoliberalism in general. It should be treated exactly like nazism in Nuremburg.