Sign me up for that
reminds me of this:
How would anyone from Fox “News” know this? They haven’t been to a library since they burned the one in Alexandria down.
Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card
I don’t think we’re talking about love here. We are talking about S-E-X in front of the C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N!
Sex Cauldron? I thought they closed that place down!
I would definitely patronize the Sex Cauldron
Libraries are another example of a purely Socialist concept that is woven into our “Democratic” society, so this is their chance to demonize libraries in their defamation of Socialism before the Midterms. Museums are next.
When they do that, remind them that nothing is more Socialist than the Fire Department, which was originally a private operation, until the citizens made it a socialist municipal mainstay. Do they want to get rid of the Fire Department, just because it is Socialist? How about public parks? How about State or National Parks?
I’d really like to see the capitalist Fire Brigade, if only to see Terry Pratchett proven right once again.
Ankh-Morpork no longer had a fire brigade. The citizens had a rather disturbingly direct way of thinking at times, and it did not take long for people to see the rather obvious flaw in paying a group of people by the number of fires they put out. The penny really dropped shortly after Charcoal Tuesday.
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
The original capitalist fire brigade were local companies that a business owner or homeowner could pay to come and put out a fire. They were given a cast iron plaque, called a “Fire Mark,” to put on their building, next to the door. When the fire brigade showed up, and there was no Fire Mark, they’d just watch the building burn down, unless the owner paid immediately.
When cities decided that was a terrible system, those fire brigade companies morphed into the first insurance companies, and they’ve been parasites on our lives ever since.
weirdly i was actually thinking about this the other day and i don’t think it’d go back to that state of affairs. i think we already have an example of what it’s turn into: US emergency departments
they can’t refuse to treat anyone but someone’s on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars of inflated costs. if you don’t have insurance, you’re in debts
i imagine it’d be the same with a non-socialist fire department: they show up to a building and put it out as normal and can’t refuse… 95% of people have fire insurance, and if you don’t you’re in fire debt that costs more than the building they “saved” - and then it still probably has to get torn down because of the damage
and then they’d still justify it saying that they protected the buildings around you which you’d be responsible for repairing if they didn’t put the fire out so it’s not even about your building
Pretty sure the Trump admin has been making cuts to the national forest service, the supposed goal is to weaken oversight and boost resource extraction. I could easily see them thinking a forest burning down is a great thing - more room for data centers.
So yes, they probably would try to get rid of fire departments. Fortunately, though, most of them are locally funded - so they don’t really get to make that decision on the federal level.
They absolutely do want to get rid of state and national parks, though. There’s valuable minerals on some of that land, and other land that can be repurposed for grazing cattle. They’re whittling it away as fast as they can already.
They also want to build on it. Billionaires need someplace nice for their 10th home away from us poors
Data Centers
And the only reason the minerals there are valuable is because they’ve sucked the life out of all the available zones.
All to drive a lifestyle that was impracticle and unaffordable from the start.
Ask yourself a simple question: What will make you more money?
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I was wondering how long it would take them to attack libraries. FREE books, internet access, and air conditioning?
More specifically, true information is communism. Don’t you know history is what the white man says it is? Google has already updated their search results to reflect revisionist history. Once the libraries are gone, that’s it.
Wait, now you can use Libby and borrow books from libraries within hundreds of miles or you…for free? Better end that shit we don’t want people learning anything. Statistically the higher your education level the more likely you are to be a Democrat atheist.
Books?
I can’t read. I go to my library for free comic books, access to digital streaming services, and printing.
Free and uncensored education? Don’t you realise that’s literally…
The reason fox news is able to make wild claims about libraries is because its viewers haven’t stepped foot in a library since they were in elementary school.
Wait until they find out you can do early voting at the Library.
NOTE: You still have to be very quiet, so don’t forget the ball gag.
That’s just common courtesy!
My balls did not consent to being used as a gag
You might want to reread the contract you signed when you got that library card
they got out a special one for me that just said “DEAR GOD BRING THEM BACK IN ONE PIECE” and was made out of brimstone, why?
oh gods what was the THEM
Now they come for libraries, the last source of true information. Once those are gone, history is what they say and reality is what they say.
Libraries are the last sanctuary for the poor and the lost. It used to be the churches. Save all libraries everywhere and build way more.
That’s probably why they are attaching them. Also libraries promote learning.
Where the fuck did I put my library card…
Which libraries specifically, so I can avoid them of course.
Damn, I need to start going to my library more often
You can rent movies and games from the library too! It’s totally worth it.
I’m playing Pokémon Ultra Sun while watching season 2 of Once Upon A Time. Checked out both from the library. Love my local library 📚 🐲
My local library rents specialty tools/pans for baking!
Nice!
And if you can’t physically get there as often as you’d like, most have a great collection of digital resources for ebooks, newspapers, film, etc. etc. that are pretty awesome.
Use ALL of what the library has to offer!
I do love my Libby app.
Audiobooks ftw!
And Republicans just believe it because none of them have ever been to a library before
