Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive. - eviltoast
  • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    But nothing any human being put effort into deserves to be lost forever.

    Except for Mein Kampf, Birth of a Nation, and What is a Woman

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      11 months ago

      Mein Kampf is sold even in Germany end Austria, because we recognize its relevance in our History.

      I don’t understand what you want accomplish by destroying texts.

      • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        I mean it deserves to be lost forever in that it has no artistic or ideological merit. Mein Kampf deserves to be lost. But we deserve to keep it as a warning so that we do not repeat history. But if humanity could grow to the point that such warnings are never needed again, and if the book could be forgotten due to losing all present and future relevance, that would be a good thing. What a thing deserves is sometimes different to what is necessary or good.