FAHRENHEIT 451

Nik

Plausible... for its time.

Main advantage for authoritarian government is destroying the general population's 'time binding'.

Oral history can so easily become urban legend, and vice-versa. Everyone believes what they're told, as there's nothing to gain-say the official position, and ignorance is bliss...

And, consider the medieval guilds, who strictly restricted their knowledge to *their* people. The Masonic Order are just an extreme example of resulting paranoia and compartmentalisation. Imagine if *everything* was as strictly unionised as eg Longshoremen or the infamous UK shipyards, where a rivetter could bring entire yard to halt by *moving* a scrap of copper pipe...
 

Johnestauffer

Despite our supposed 'tolerance' we actually seem to become less and less tolerant of other views. (We expect you to tolerate our actions, but we don't have to accept yours) In the US our political structure is based on emphasising the extremes.

In the name of 'political correctness' we no longer use certain terms or say certain things. We don't want our libraries to carry certain material or our entertainment to include certain productions. History must be re-written to reflect the political/philosphical ideals of today. A holiday such as Christmas or Easter needs to be re-named. And so on.........

Students in school today receive 'social' promotions even when they haven't met standards for graduation. We have a new generation of less literate youth. Why read a book, there's always Playstation.

Could F451 happen. If the extremists of either political spectrum every got real control they could start the process.
 

Nik

Internet...

Local library culled its holdings when it got wwweb access....

I picked up several *very* useful reference books for ~ 50p ( ~$0.70 ?) each, with material NOT available on internet due copyright issues...

Takes a lot of doing to track down old books forgotten in attics or piled on musty shelves, but only minutes to find EVERY wwweb reference with eg Google.

Which format is potentially easier to suppress ??
 
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