"Book Burning" by Rusere Shoniwa
Book burning, part 1: The fear of good arguments Read Time:10 Minutes This is the first section of a 2 part article by Rusere Shoniwa on the suppression of free speech by government and Big Tech – and the possibilities for resistance. In part 1, Rusere explains how, by censoring debate and purging content, Big Tech is carrying out a war on democracy with the full support of our governments. This war is only necessary because the ‘misinformation’ being censored poses a credible threat to the ‘new age medievalism of lockdowns, masks and coerced and mandatory vaccination ‘ . You can read part 2 here. In the digital age, destroying truth and liberty will be a far less messy business than in the old book-burning days but, paradoxically, far more effective. We can’t rule out some marching of boots and stamping on faces – after all, lockdowns in Australia are being enforced by the army – but, for the most part, there will be no fanfare as vast a