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* ''Literature/OnlyTheDeadAreColdBlooded'': Some or all pre-Revolutionary books are banned. The main character (an avid reader of banned books) notes that books printed since the Revolution don't seem to contain any ''ideas''.
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* The online supplementary material for the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Down'' (still available [[https://web.archive.org/web/20021009174222/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/misnom.htm via the Internet Archive]]) features the Culture Cancellation Authority (note [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode the acronym]]) which in the 2530s "was publicly burning morally suspect pulpzines".

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* The online supplementary material for the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Down'' (still available [[https://web.archive.org/web/20021009174222/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/misnom.htm via the Internet Archive]]) features the Culture Cancellation Authority (note [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode [[MediaNotes/TheComicsCode the acronym]]) which in the 2530s "was publicly burning morally suspect pulpzines".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PiratesAdventuresInArt'', Queen Conformia has banned all forms of art simply ForTheEvulz.
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* ''Series/TheGoodies Rule--OK?'', the government has had enough of {{Dance Sensation}}s and {{Silly Walk}}s bringing the country to a halt, so send out "Mirth Inspectors" on horseback, dressed in medieval gear, to burn books and beat up anyone who's enjoying themselves in public. The Goodies respond by becoming outlaw comedians that make people laugh whether they want to or not.

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* In ''Series/TheGoodies Rule--OK?'', the government has had enough of {{Dance Sensation}}s and {{Silly Walk}}s bringing the country to a halt, so send out "Mirth Inspectors" on horseback, dressed in medieval gear, to burn books and beat up anyone who's enjoying themselves in public. The Goodies respond by becoming outlaw comedians that make people laugh whether they want to or not.
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* ''Series/TheGoodies Rule--OK?'', the government has had enough of {{Dance Sensation}}s and {{Silly Walk}}s bringing the country to a halt, so send out "Mirth Inspectors" on horseback, dressed in medieval gear, to burn books and beat up anyone who's enjoying themselves in public. The Goodies respond by becoming outlaw comedians that make people laugh whether they want to or not.
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* ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': The radical Syrian Muslims oppose music and do not like that Ahmad is a musician, and ISIS members even burn his piano.

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* ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyriaAMemoir'': The radical Syrian Muslims oppose music and do not like that Ahmad is a musician, and ISIS members even burn his piano.
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*''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'': The radical Syrian Muslims oppose music and do not like that Ahmad is a musician, and ISIS members even burn his piano.
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* In ''Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica'', the Confederacy's morality laws severely stunt the country's cultural growth. According to the movie, Confederate culture never evolved beyond [[PropagandaMachine state-inspired propaganda]]. Many take their talents to [[CanadaEh Canada]], which benefits greatly.

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* In ''Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica'', the Confederacy's morality laws severely stunt the country's cultural growth. According to the movie, Confederate culture never evolved beyond [[PropagandaMachine state-inspired propaganda]]. Many take their talents to [[CanadaEh Canada]], Canada, which benefits greatly.
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* The Delegation in ''Literature/PosterGirl'' did not outright ban various 'indecent' pieces of media, yet watching them would incur a huge penalty in the regimes FictionalCurrency Des Coin and a low Des Coin could could get a person 'disapeared' by the regime. It`s mentioned that the rich elite could afford these payments, yet for the majority of the population it could mean the end of their existence.
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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E65TheObsoleteMan The Obsolete Man]]", the State has banned all books, which leads to the librarian Romney Wordsworth being declared obsolete, and thus he's sentenced to death.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E137Number12LooksJustLikeYou Number 12 Looks Just Like You]]", the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Creator/JohnKeats, Creator/PercyByssheShelley, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Socrates}} and Creator/FyodorDostoevsky were all banned many years earlier as their ideas were considered subversive. Professor Sigmund Friend accuses Marilyn of introducing smut to the interview when she mentions that she has read them.

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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E65TheObsoleteMan "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E29TheObsoleteMan The Obsolete Man]]", the State has banned all books, which leads to the librarian Romney Wordsworth being declared obsolete, and thus he's sentenced to death.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E137Number12LooksJustLikeYou "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E17Number12LooksJustLikeYou Number 12 Looks Just Like You]]", the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Creator/JohnKeats, Creator/PercyByssheShelley, Creator/{{Aristotle}}, Creator/{{Socrates}} and Creator/FyodorDostoevsky were all banned many years earlier as their ideas were considered subversive. Professor Sigmund Friend accuses Marilyn of introducing smut to the interview when she mentions that she has read them.



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