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[An old man, outwardly weathered but with an enthusiastic spirit]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My first book denounced the atrocities and abuses of my country\u2019s oppressive government.<\/p>\n

It was immediately censored. But I paid for a run of a hundred copies in an illegal printer shop. And then I gave all the copies away for free. I only asked people to pass the book onto someone else after reading it.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t tell you how many people read it. Probably in the thousands as it was later distributed in photocopy. One thing I know for sure; people were talking about it and my ideas started to spread, to connect with people.<\/p>\n

The proof is that the government sent me into exile soon after.<\/p>\n

But that didn\u2019t stop me. Shortly after migrating here, I started writing my second book. It was even more critical of my country\u2019s government, but it also pointed out the traps and deficiencies I had experienced in this democracy I was living in.<\/p>\n

I worked as fast as I could, always thankful for the freedom of speech that allowed me to write whatever I wanted.<\/p>\n

And, of course, I anticipated it\u2019d be hard to find a publisher for my new book; but not nearly impossible. In my country, they wouldn\u2019t print it out of fear of going to jail. Here, out of fear of losing money.<\/p>\n

I ended up self-publishing it. Just like my first book. And then I distributed it in some small bookstores.<\/p>\n

No one bought it.<\/p>\n

I cut the price in half. That only made it worse. People assume cheap things have no value.<\/p>\n

I only gave up when I realized I was the victim of the most efficient censorship ever devised. The free market. A system that understands that suppressing ideas is just a way to advertise them; that people crave what\u2019s forbidden. So they let these ideas free in a world filled with silly movies, escapist\u00a0fiction, grandiose mass spectacles\u2026 where they\u2019ll fade away, ignored by the public, disregarded because of their lack of profitability.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not the end of me. I now plan to sneak back into my country and write a third book.<\/p>\n

I really hope they censor it like the first one.<\/p>\n

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