%% %% [[Nazi Party]] banned the following books: - Works of "traitors" ([[Wells, H. G.]] among those listed) - [[Marx, Karl]] and anything related to [[Marxism]] - [[Pacificism]] - Anything viewed as supporting [[Democracy]] - Anything seeking to "dissolve the racial and structural order" ([[Conservatism defends traditional power structures]]) - [[Mendelssohn, Felix]] and other arts viewed as "decadent, bloodless, or purely constructivist" - [[Sex education]], [[Sexuality]], [[Sexology]] - [[Jewish]] authors - [[Pornography]] (I think [[Utah]] just tried this) - All books "degrading [[German]] purity" Much of this aligns with [[DeSantis, Ron]]; [[Pornography]] is the excuse used to ban [[Sex education]], books dealing with [[Sexuality]], while [[Wokeness]] is used to justify banning books supporting [[Democracy]], [[Racial minorities]], [[Marxism]] ([[Cultural Marxism]]), [[Pacifism]]. [[Trump, Donald J.|Trump]] also sought to ban anything that went against [[American exceptionalism]], such as [[New York Times. 2019. '1619 Project']]. --- %% next:: %%