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The Anarchist Cookbook: Funny but Dangerous

2024/10/15
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Josh 和 Chuck 详细介绍了《煽动性手册》这本书的来龙去脉，从其内容、作者威廉·鲍威尔的背景、出版过程、社会影响以及作者本人的后期生活和反思等多个方面进行了深入探讨。他们指出，这本书的内容大部分是公开信息，但被作者包装成禁忌知识，并被一些人用于制造炸弹和毒品等非法活动。他们还分析了越战背景下反战情绪高涨的社会环境对这本书创作的影响，以及这本书出版后对社会造成的负面影响。此外，他们还讲述了作者威廉·鲍威尔后期的生活，他致力于教育事业，并对这本书的负面影响深感后悔。 Josh 和 Chuck 认为，《煽动性手册》是一本有趣但危险的书。它的有趣之处在于作者并非专家，却将收集的信息包装成专家观点，书中插图的拙劣也突显了作者缺乏实际经验。书中一些数据和说法缺乏可靠性，作者存在编造内容的情况。这本书包含了制作毒品和武器的方法，以及一些不靠谱的致幻方法。然而，这本书的危险性在于其内容被一些人用于制造炸弹和毒品等非法活动，并激发了更多暴力事件。尽管作者在书中有一些警告，但他当时年纪轻，对书的影响缺乏预见性。这本书的出版商莱尔·斯图尔特是一个懂得如何利用争议性内容进行宣传的人。尽管FBI对这本书进行了调查，但最终认为其内容受言论自由保护。这本书的信息已经广泛传播，无法被完全清除。作者威廉·鲍威尔对这本书一直抱有遗憾，但他后期的教育工作值得肯定。

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The Anarchist Cookbook, published in 1971, gained notoriety for its compilation of instructions on everything from drug manufacturing to bomb making. Authored by William Powell at the age of 19, the book reflected his turbulent upbringing, marked by bullying, social alienation, and a backdrop of anti-Vietnam War sentiment.
  • William Powell, author of The Anarchist Cookbook, had a troubled childhood and adolescence, experiencing bullying and social isolation.
  • The book was written against a backdrop of anti-Vietnam War protests and the fear of being drafted.
  • Powell's intention was to empower the "silent majority" with knowledge he believed necessary to challenge the government.
  • The Anarchist Cookbook was published by Lyle Stewart, who recognized its controversial nature and effectively promoted it.

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You might have owned the Anarchist Cookbook once, but you probably didn’t use it to turn a shotgun into a grenade launcher or build a bomb. Unfortunately some people did and the author called for this book of “forbidden knowledge” to be taken out of print.

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