| The Chinese emperor Shing Hau-ti burned the writings of Confucius, and slaughtered the intellectuals. Hitler burned all Jewish books, including the scientific writings of Einstein, and slaughtered the Jews. Mao allowed only the little red book, and slaughtered millions, many intellectuals. Pol Pot irradicated all vestiges of culture and slaughtered over a million people. Stalin allowed only Social Realism and sent others to the Gulag. All genocides start with the suppression of the expression of thought. All tyrannies are tyrannies of the mind. |
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