Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can’t vent any anger against them. I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.
Charles Bukowski
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I think of censorship as the tool of the powerful to stifle those who might challenge their power. Typically a government or a dictatorship.
That is the legal definition.
The quote is about the underlying mindset.
Homogeneous, secure groups and societies don’t feel the need to stifle dissent or enforce conformity. Only the ones that know their power hangs by a thread and they are at odds with objective reality.