It's easy to write off conspiracy theories as the delusions of the political fringe, a minor nuisance fueled by the rise of the Internet. Easy—and inaccurate. Conspiracies have been a major part of American life since Colonial days. And even when they are wrong, as is so often true, they still have lessons to teach us. Consider the Nixon's administration's propaganda on drugs, fueled by fear the masses will stop obeying social rules. The legal aftershocks of Big Brother's mind control experiment are felt with global ramifications to this day, most recently accounted by the U.K.'s ban on all psychoactive substances.
With sources for mind expansion becoming less available to the dulled masses and more controlled by the powerful few, is literature next on the list of banned substances?
Here are the 10 most mind-altering novels they don't want you to read.
