Fahrenheit 451: Not About Censorship, But People “Turned Into Morons by TV”
Slaves were forbidden to read it was so dangerous.  Nat Turner's ability to form an uprising came from learning to read and consequently preach.  Frederick Douglass had to learn secretly, and what he read inspired him to escape slavery.Now, we as a society are becoming illiterate, incapable of basic reading comprehension.  We are voluntarily enslaving ourselves.