poVoq@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhat if public libraries...slrpnk.netimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down11
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minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoLibraries would need more funding to operate extended hours… Then people would complain about gov’t spending and taxes. Then we would privatize the libraries This is why we cant have nice things
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoCapitalists trying to convince the public to privatize things has nothing to do with cost; even if they were free, every dollar saved by the public represents a potential profit they’re losing.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoCheaply selling drinks (maybe non-alcoholic) would probably more than off-set the additional costs.
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI wanna get lit at the library though. Litbrary
minus-squareroot_beer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoLib[ation]rary Imbibe-rary
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoTurns out brainwashing a society to be selfish consumers has side effects like: not wanting to spend their money on services for the public good. “They aren’t me, why should I care!?”
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOr even if you personally benefit from public services, you’ll still complain about “muh tax dollars!!”
minus-squarethe_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agodeleted by creator
Libraries would need more funding to operate extended hours…
Then people would complain about gov’t spending and taxes. Then we would privatize the libraries
This is why we cant have nice things
Capitalists trying to convince the public to privatize things has nothing to do with cost; even if they were free, every dollar saved by the public represents a potential profit they’re losing.
Cheaply selling drinks (maybe non-alcoholic) would probably more than off-set the additional costs.
I wanna get lit at the library though.
Litbrary
Lib[ation]rary
Imbibe-rary
Turns out brainwashing a society to be selfish consumers has side effects like: not wanting to spend their money on services for the public good.
“They aren’t me, why should I care!?”
Or even if you personally benefit from public services, you’ll still complain about “muh tax dollars!!”
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