This came up in the morning news here in Germany, via several news group. This Hanau shooter (10 dead, plus himself)......had a 24-page manifesto.
There are thousands of manifestos written yearly, mostly by PhD-type intellectuals, and they deal with various topics (from harbor operations, to wealth redistribution).
Most manifesto-writers don't end up in a death situation.....although in the past decade, you can make a case that most mass shooters have some type of manifesto that they've written.
'Mein Kampf' as a manifesto? Yes.
The 'Fascist Manifesto' in 1919 as a manifesto? Yes.
The 'Anarchist Manifesto' in 1850 as a manifesto? Yes.
These all led to increased violence and death.
Open source publishing to this particular manifesto? I kinda doubt that the Germans will allow this, and it'll mainly get passed around with some political folks and police leadership.
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Sadly we probably won't be able to read it. And sadly the climate these days doesn't allow these sorts of ideas to be discussed openly without severe social punishment. If it did, perhaps people would bring a bit more balance and order to these sorts of people's thinking, rather than it remaining bottled up unchallenged until they kill innocents.
I would make this observation....there are tens of thousands of manifesto documents on the internet today and it's easier than ever to read them (unlike the 1980s where they were self-published and no one read them). But the bulk of them are rather dry, and usually come from people who want an extreme change to society (like getting everyone to give up Pepsi or Coke). Most of these authors want to be leading a charge toward a bold new 'world', and the manifesto will hint of great things to come, without consequences.
If you go back to Hitler's Mein Kampf....this was not even 'free' when introduced to the general public....you had to go and pay for a full-up book copy (roughly 700 pages).
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