• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    1141·
    2 months ago

    If libraries didn’t exist, and someone tried to invent them, I am confident that conservatives would fight them tooth and nail with a thousand bad reasons.

    • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      623·
      2 months ago

      You say this like they aren’t doing it already, filing complaints against hundreds of books at a time that none of them have read

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          10·
          2 months ago

          Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

          One of the favorite and often mis-quoted lines for right-wingers. The context here is kind of funny, since it’s basically pro-taxation.

          I do like misquoting it though to promote privacy, but that has nothing to do with the actual context of the quote.

    • Seraph@fedia.io
      27·
      2 months ago

      After you get your library card go sign up for Libby! Free books and audiobooks from your phone/device.

      • sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        And if your library provides access to Hoopla, there’s also free movies and manga.

    • Mellibird@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      Yes! I signed up for my local library! Their ebook system is well… Subpar… So I also signed up for my parents local library in another state and can now use libby! It’s amazing!

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    161·
    2 months ago

    Libraries and education are an investment even for a capitalist. The only beneficiaries of lacking both are religious slave states.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 months ago

      Indeed, there have been studies that education is one of the highest RoI investments a country can make.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      For oligarchy they are not, since economic development reduces the oligarch’s power, which is a thing relative to the total size of economy. Same with social power.

  • chemicalprophet@lemm.ee
    101·
    2 months ago

    I feel this way about food, housing, and healthcare (I include dental and mental or wtf are we doing?)…

    • sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I know it’s not a solution, but the libraries where I live provide water, shelter, bathrooms, and outlets to charge a phone when they’re open. They keep longer hours and serve as cooling/heating centers during heatwaves and cold snaps, and host agents from a number of supportive services a couple of days a week. I know it’s not their job, and that there should be dedicated, fully funded solutions for these things, but some library systems are trying very hard to meet people’s needs where other government services aren’t.

    • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      11·
      2 months ago

      wait those arent human rights??? in my business term 1 first day class they kept emphasising that the basic needs are those??? does the un do ANYTHING???

  • RetroSoul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    Yep they are awesome, especially Hoopla for comics. Anyone have a subscription to the Marvel/DC comic apps? If you have a library card, you can sign up for Hoopla for free and check out comics.