Now if only we could apply this to housing, food, education, etc.
Everyone should get a library card! If you can’t physically make it to your local library, this may help:
https://www.howtogeek.com/663812/how-to-sign-up-for-a-library-card-from-home/
After you get your library card go sign up for Libby! Free books and audiobooks from your phone/device.
And yet we still burn the books
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.
Just mention that Benjamin Franklin invented libraries, and they might shut up.
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.
Unlike food, water, shelter, electricity and education
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.
