I'm late to the game but recently I read Fahrenheit 451

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I'm late to the game but recently I read Fahrenheit 451

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I'm not a big reader but a friend suggest I read this one.

I had always heard the book was about censorship in the form of government mandated book burning. Fire departments acting in as DEA agents in a war on books . Maybe so, but it's more about propaganda and the dumbing down of society to where ideas that challenge the mainstream are not tolerated. Books offend people, encourage independent thought and complexity to a society that just wants to be happy. The public at large wants neatly packaged stories and quick endings.

451 predicted Political correctness and simplified plot lines in our media
"What's best in life?","To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."
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Re: I'm late to the game but recently I read Fahrenheit 451

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Paul Joseph Goebbels, with some paint and remodeling, would be a billionaire liberal media empire king
and political rainmaker.
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