Censorship is a defense mechanism existentially necessary to people incapable of coping with actual reality. They need to protect their minds from facts, and facing facts would destroy their world view.

They'd rather destroy the world. They don't even understand it's real, after all. The rise of censors in the world reflects the increasing influence of indoctrination and propaganda that has inculcated this dependence on fantasy in hapless victims afflicted since birth. As sad as the reality is today, it is impossible for that demographic to live in the real world and not eventually suffer the loss of their hallucinatory fantasy. The crushing of their souls on the day their illusions are washed away will be pitiable. Even more pitiable than they are now. Worse, it is likely they will blame the victims of the propagandists who did not comply with the disinformation as did they, instead of their actual oppressors, and given the degree of their dependence, and propensity for violence, they'll probably lash out violently.

Stock up on guns, butter, and steel. We're gonna need it.

Sweden's been erasing their history physically by melting down artifacts already. I expect them to do this too. Laser surgery for folks with runic tattoos is far more expensive than bullets, and fascists have been historically shown to prefer pogroms to peace anyway. If I had such tats in Sweden I'd move before I had to do so as a refugee from political oppression.

Thanks!