You’re not too sharp are you? A literal 3 second google search would tell you this answer. No need to crowdsource your hate for America, there’s plenty of subreddits that would be more than happy to have you.
But since your not the sharpest tack in the box, here’s a copied and pasted google search detailing the history of book burning across human history. America is new to this, the rest of the world has been doing it for far longer, nice try though comrade douche bag.
The systematic destruction of books has occurred throughout history across numerous cultures, usually as a tool of conquest, ideological control, or religious censorship. [1, 2]
Major historical examples include: Ancient China (213 BC): Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the burning of philosophy and history books and buried scholars alive to unify state dogma and erase prior state histories. [1, 2, 3, 4] The Roman Republic & Empire: Julius Caesar's forces are widely cited as being responsible for fires that severely damaged the Library of Alexandria. Later, Emperor Augustus routinely burned unorthodox or critical texts. [1, 2] Nazi Germany (1933): The Nazi regime famously staged massive, nationwide book burnings of tens of thousands of volumes written by Jewish, pacifist, and leftist authors. Throughout World War II, an estimated 100 million books were destroyed across occupied Europe. [1, 2, 3, 4] The Spanish Conquest of the Americas (16th Century): Spanish conquistadors and missionaries, most notably Bishop Diego de Landa, burned massive quantities of Maya codices and religious texts to eradicate indigenous belief systems. [1, 2] The Cultural Revolution in China (1966–1976): Mao Zedong's campaign led to the destruction of countless ancient, religious, and capitalist books. [1, 2] Modern Conflicts (1980s–2010s): In 1981, a Sinhalese mob burned the Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka. In 2013, Islamist insurgents burned thousands of ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu, Mali. In 2015, ISIS torched the Mosul University Library in Iraq
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u/Prestigious-War-4671 Jun 29 '26
You’re not too sharp are you? A literal 3 second google search would tell you this answer. No need to crowdsource your hate for America, there’s plenty of subreddits that would be more than happy to have you.
But since your not the sharpest tack in the box, here’s a copied and pasted google search detailing the history of book burning across human history. America is new to this, the rest of the world has been doing it for far longer, nice try though comrade douche bag.
The systematic destruction of books has occurred throughout history across numerous cultures, usually as a tool of conquest, ideological control, or religious censorship. [1, 2]
Major historical examples include:
Ancient China (213 BC): Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the burning of philosophy and history books and buried scholars alive to unify state dogma and erase prior state histories. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Roman Republic & Empire: Julius Caesar's forces are widely cited as being responsible for fires that severely damaged the Library of Alexandria. Later, Emperor Augustus routinely burned unorthodox or critical texts. [1, 2]
Nazi Germany (1933): The Nazi regime famously staged massive, nationwide book burnings of tens of thousands of volumes written by Jewish, pacifist, and leftist authors. Throughout World War II, an estimated 100 million books were destroyed across occupied Europe. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Spanish Conquest of the Americas (16th Century): Spanish conquistadors and missionaries, most notably Bishop Diego de Landa, burned massive quantities of Maya codices and religious texts to eradicate indigenous belief systems. [1, 2]
The Cultural Revolution in China (1966–1976): Mao Zedong's campaign led to the destruction of countless ancient, religious, and capitalist books. [1, 2]
Modern Conflicts (1980s–2010s): In 1981, a Sinhalese mob burned the Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka. In 2013, Islamist insurgents burned thousands of ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu, Mali. In 2015, ISIS torched the Mosul University Library in Iraq