Fuck, man. Even that swine Carnegie spent a ton of money building thousands of libraries. We're reaching levels of capitalist excess that truly rival the Roaring '20s.

it's the last no-cost public service standing and that cannot be allowed

How are any of these book bans withstanding first amendment protections in the courts? Or are we just not there yet in the legal process?

Hey, totally off-topic, but the collapse of the Soviet Union and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

Fucking goddamnit I hate how I can totally see conservatives trying to snuff the concept of libraries out before they were ever birthed. Worst timeline

There'd be chuds on Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax pulling "will no one rid me of this turbulent priest" calls for stochastic terrorism and some influencer creeps on Youtube doing the same thing and the first libraries would get firebombed and then politicians would throw up their hands and say maybe it really is gommunism vulvulzula and the people have just spoken.

Like how blockading hospitals and storming government buildings in response to masking and social distancing mandates at treat dispensiaries eventually tore any organized covid response to shreds.