Of all the current assaults on our noble republic, perhaps none is more dangerous than the public option - specifically, the public library option.There's more, of course.
For far too long, this menace has undermined the very foundations of our economy. While companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble struggle valiantly each day to sell books, these communistic cabals known as libraries undercut the hard work of good corporate citizens by letting people read their books for free. How is the private sector supposed to compete with free? And just what does this public option give us? People can spend hours and hours in these dens of socialism without having to buy so much as a cappuccino. Furthermore, not only can anyone read books for free in the library, they can take them home, too. They get a simple card that can be used at any library in town. No checking on the previous condition of books they've read. No literacy test. Nothing. Yet, do these libertines of literature let you choose any book you want, anytime you want it? No. Have you ever tried to get the latest best-seller at a public library? They put you on a waiting list for that, my friend. And if you do ask these government apparatchiks a question about a book, they start talking your ear off, and pretty soon they're telling you what to read.
Do you think there is any chance at all that this isn't exactly how the issue would be framed if the idea of libraries was introduced today?
1 comment:
Love it! As a library enthusiast myself, I can only imagine the far-right opposition would be fierce if the idea were proposed today. How in the world will the book publishers, music and film studios ever make any money when people can get the stuff for free?
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