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naebother
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Yes, publishers being part of the elite but also the academic and media class. And I don't really care if they're left-wing or right-wing, whatever that means. I just want the general public to have access to books they're curious about, and especially so if they're deemed controversial. Yes, books go out of print all the time, but public libraries still mange to circulate them around to where they're requested.
naebother
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
Obviously, you can't carry every book ever forever. I just meant that the general public should have timely access to books deemed too controversial by the elites, so that the plebs may make up their own mind.
naebother
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
I wouldn't if I had any. They're going to become collectibles eventually and could fetch you a decent amount. My totally true conspiracy-theory is, the dr-seus-industrial-complex is at it again, manipulating the collectible editions market to make bank.
naebother
·5 jaar geleden·discuss
> It is one thing for libraries and bookstores to decide not to offer for borrowing or sale things that they disagree with.

Private libraries can do whatever they like. Public ones should be required to carry even the most offensive book.