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Objectively, a library under capitalism would rather be a bookstore. Theres no point to holding information because information isn’t profitable; replace that with entertainment. Steal some data so you can better target markets. Price out competition once you get large enough. Require paid membership to be given the privilege of renting the books once you have a monopoly.

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JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The US, the most capitalistic country on the planet, has thousands of free libraries.

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- crandall@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  If you invented them today they’d call you a commie terrorist
  
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  - JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I mean, probably, but that doesn’t change the fact that we have them and many were built by one of the most famous capitalists in history.
    
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    crandall@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yeah. I’m just saying we’re lucky they got “grandfathered” in to our late-stage capitalism. For now
    
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  - musicalphysics@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Republicans on city councils in Texas are trying to force libraries to charge people for access, just like a gym.
    
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musicalphysics@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Under a digital model libraries generally have to keep paying for digital licenses to books. So capitalism is making inroads against tax dollars and actively nullifying the majority of benefits of digital books.

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