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tech bros on twitter arguing against libraries in favour of "spotify for books" because authors/publishers (or rather VC investors) can't use libraries as their primary source of profit is just a perfect example of silicon valley's willful ignorance or complete contempt for the ideas of public service and the commons.
rather than everybody creating a public space and sharing resources they'd have us all completely separated and paying countless times over for the same thing.
@cocoron it's much better to have a tax-subsidized den of hobos and call it a "library" amirite
@zaitcev you know, you might get a healthier sense of the world if you leave the house a bit more and actually go to places
@craigmaloney @cocoron I'm screencapping this for the folder "insufferable city slickers"
@cocoron @zaitcev Perhaps somewhere where you could read up on subjects like literacy and the formation of book collectives int eh 1700s.
If only there were such places around that could help you with such research.