1561
As a library, we're not here to judge, we're here to help
(gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
1561 points (99.4% liked)
Solarpunk
6464 readers
21 users here now
The space to discuss Solarpunk itself and Solarpunk related stuff that doesn't fit elsewhere.
Join our chat: Movim or XMPP client.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
the single most important reason for libraries to be freely accessible...maybe why certain folks want them to go away
If libraries didn't already exist, to people in the USA they'd sound like some kind of socialist fever dream.
A place where anybody can go to borrow media for free? Paid with my tax dollars?
I say this all the time! I use it to try to discredit conservatives when they make up reasons why we can't have good things. Like, look, you love the library, and you know conservatives would make up all sorts of reasons why it couldn't ever work. When they're going on about how free buses (or whatever) couldn't work, it's the same
Benjamin Franklin was a lover of life, and he seemed to think that books helped to love life...I honestly can't believe he was so influential as to create one of the finest institutions on the planet. Remember, he hung out with slavers....
Sure, an American invented libraries, totally /s
lending libraries?
The library of Alexandria existed a tiny bit before Franklin.
lending libraries?