Reposted from lemmy.world c/politics since it violated it’s rule #1 about links.

Now that the fascists have taken over, what books, academic studies, and pieces of knowledge should take priority in personal/private archival? I’m thinking about what happened in Nazi Germany, especially with the burning of the Institute for Sexual Science(Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) and what was lost completely in the burnings.

Some of us should consider saving stuff digitally or physically.

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    “The fascists have taken over” yet were the non-fascists that decided to cut episodes and scenes from old tv shows and movies because they were offensive thus destroying culture in the process. Interesting.

  • cmhe@lemmy.world
    61·
    17 days ago

    I get the sentiment, but in this time and age and with the internet, I think the information most likely to be at risk of being destroyed or censored is the one that is not commonly available, or in the hands of law enforcement.

    A fascist government will more likely effectively prevent creation of new dissenting works, than suppressing existing ones.

  • Grapho@lemmy.mlEspañol
    63·
    17 days ago

    All the instances where the Dems were doing the exact same shit so they can’t pretend they are the solution

    • d_ohlin@lemmy.world
      811·
      17 days ago

      Gonna get downvoted for this probably but I honestly don’t care. I’m so sick and tired of hearing all the negativity and attacks and unrealistic over-the-top doomsday scenarios, from both sides. Regardless of who won, life is going to continue on just fine. The full on meltdowns are getting so damn old and it’s just tiring.

  • burnedoutfordfiesta@lemmy.world
    21·
    15 days ago

    This is ludicrously alarmist. I mean, archive whatever you want (it’s good practice to back up things you think are important), but the United States is hardly a fascist dictatorship anymore than it was in 2017 (or 2021 or 2013…). The opposing party wins sometimes, and it hasn’t ended the republic yet. Federal funding might be cut to new gender research, but nobody’s going to go around to universities, confiscating copies of existing studies to be burned.