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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by dylan604 on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:42PM (#40755786)
> There is no greater folly of contemporary human society than the purposeful restriction of such vast and easily shareable repositories of knowledge.

This is exactly how people stayed in power. Knowledge is power, so keep the masses uneducated so they are subservient. I once asked an Englishman why if the British Empire was so great did all of its colonies revolt against it. His response was not what I expected when he said they taught them how to read.

So watching how the school systems keep getting dumber really does get those conspiracy theory synapses firing. Make great again by taking power away from people really goes towards that.

Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by WalterBright on Saturday June 22, 2024 @01:50AM (#40756632)
> Knowledge is power

Actually, knowledge is freedom.

> so keep the masses uneducated so they are subservient

Terror makes them subservient. See the Soviet Union's gulags, full of educated people.