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Bradbury claims that it's not about censorship here. Rather, it's about a society that asks "how" over "why"...that would rather watch mindless, chattering TV characters broadcast over three walls of their living room than read from Shakespeare, Whitman, or The Old Testament. The people in his world use radio broadcasting earplugs to keep them tuned into trivial noise rather than have to think about the big issues at hand...war, the value of a life, quality relationships, art, nature. A cautionary tale.
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