ONE book & the loss of mankind
Categories: ENGLISH, culture, literature, architecture, photography, art, religion(s), society, demography, global trends, Zeitgeist
In Turkmenistan, all libraries and bookstores have been closed, the only available sources of reading being the official ones. The regime is a pretty tough one. The giant book (ruhnama) on this picture is the only allowed by this dictatorship - a book of “poems” written by the main country’s torturer ; turkmenbashi (dad of Turkmen, “president” since 1992 - he recently passed away). All other books have been “burned” - just this piece of crap, schools and universities have to learn from.
In other words : it’s all about how mutating humans into animals… a fantastic example of contemporary “newspeak” (novlangue for those who can speak French).
If you want to control a population, control its culture and shape it according to your desire, but first of all, avoid educating it (too much).
In other words : destroy any existing historical and cultural heritage, and impose yours. Only one book, and you’ll shape people’s mind. Have a look to this picture (click on it).
Who could have thought librarians being cultural DNA keepers ? Their role is much more important than just pushing a trolley and fining you for late returns… they actually are tangible guarantees of freedom of “thought” and freedom of “speech”.
ha ha ha yes librarians play an important role! wow I clikced on the picture damn I missed that when I went to Berlin, shame next time but depriving someone of an education is the most oppressive manner…keeping people from using their minds hinder creativity, progress, betterment!
Trying again to leave a comment…… Yes, librarians are often ridiculed as fussy bookworms or picky old ladies, (not by me! one saved me from a fire once!) but as Tisha says they sure play an important role. That’s a very impressive book sculpture in Berlin.
Hello Tisha, I can only agree with you. Currently, in our (lucky) democracies, the biggest danger is when traditional and historical culture becomes “uninteresting”. We all have roots, and we should never forget them.
Hello Mardé (welcome btw :-), sorry about that lousy comment form… there has been a problem with it (and I didn’t know about it), I’ve just repaired it.. so, you got rescued by a librarian from a fire ?… they look like human beings like anyone afterall