-particularly in universities; it would seem a symptom of the
"competition mentality" that is drummed into young people's heads, that
the pages of the books that are torn out is to prevent their fellow
students (competitors), from knowing what the [now] book vandal has
found out and wants to keep for himself.

- it's a form of sabotage, and unfortunately, given the emphasis on the
elementary 3 Rs for supporting the form of capitalistic economy we now
have (and I mean this in a very objective manner, not politically at
this time) and the lack of emphasis on critical thinking in high school
and undergraduate college levels, the student who detroyed books to keep
the "competition" at bay also sabotages himself as there is now no
evidence to back him up.

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