>When people ban books because they don't want others to learn about trans people, they're usually pretty vocal about their motivations.
replyYou assume they are vocal about their motivations, because how could you possibly know, if they claim it under cover of "not enough shelf space"?
Well, maybe a lot of people do keep it secret… that’s true. But plenty of people do not keep it secret.
replyI largely agree with you for the time being; I think right now we are in the "dumb authoritarian" phase because Trump, Musk, Thiel can't keep their mouths shut about their true motivations. I fear that there are probably a smarter generation of authoritarians who are more clever (Russel Vought, for example), and not in the spotlight, waiting for their time to ascend.
replyThe loud ones come first, because they have to corrupt the minds of the youth and the mentally weak so they can have a movement.