My search for America’s last decent public libraries
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Even in these wealthy neighborhoods, it’s clear that the libraries are struggling to find ways to remain relevant to their communities.
They have my sympathies. I don’t want libraries to go away. But what purpose will they serve going forward?
I’d prefer that libraries not become another arm of the “nanny state,” full of progressive propaganda and social activism. (“Drag Queen Story Hour” is trying to make a comeback at one library in my city.)
And what about the homeless? Is it really the fate of our great American library system to become a charging station and nod-out zone for drug addicts and street people?
But such is the nature of our socialist society. Tiny enclaves of luxury. Prisons and psych wards for everybody else.
The only solution I have found is to seek out these “luxury libraries” — and make full use of them. And I recommend that others do the same.
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