Co-ops denote shared ownership usually via a buy-in. Wouldn’t this replicate the existing Private Library concept?
So no public libraries in your model or are you saying that a small portion of people would voluntarily pay for the library, but the entirety of the public would be able to use it?
The latter, yes. This happens here and there. Heck those “free little libraries” in front lawns count and are good for more than keeping drug drops dry.
nope, I volunteer at my local library as well as pay taxes owed (in addition to other areas of my small city like the fire dept, town commissions, and other things). what are you trying for here?
If you work at your local library, you have to see how much it costs of acquisition of the collections as well as the facilities and staff that make these wonderful institutions possible. Public Library funding is frequently under attack and underfunded with many communities lack the services needed to serve the needs they have.
Do you honestly believe that in your preferred system of a small group of people voluntarily paying would be enough to replace the tax driven system we have today? Your suggestion about front lawn free libraries as a replacement suggests you may not have a full grasp on the expenses of a modern well run public library system.
my suggestion is a cherry picked example of a cohort of things. my initial reply was absurd on purpose. yet you are replying like you’re arguing with bakunin.
You’re proposing an alternative system. I don’t know it, and was using your own example of a failing of the current system to see how your system corrects it. Should I have made wild assumptions instead and dismissed your thoughts?
So far I from your responses haven’t seen your proposed alternative to be viable.
I am making no legitimate non-obnoxious alternative proposals.
My mistake. Your posts sounded like you were advocating for something specific as a different. Instead, you’re saying the current system sucks and you know of nothing better? I’ll agree with part of that.
However, your example of the public library (a topic near and dear to my own heart) stuck out as its one area where the current system works okay at least.
Co-ops denote shared ownership usually via a buy-in. Wouldn’t this replicate the existing Private Library concept?
So no public libraries in your model or are you saying that a small portion of people would voluntarily pay for the library, but the entirety of the public would be able to use it?
The latter, yes. This happens here and there. Heck those “free little libraries” in front lawns count and are good for more than keeping drug drops dry.
Do you exclusively use the "free little libraries” in front lawns today for your library needs or do you also use the tax supported public libraries?
nope, I volunteer at my local library as well as pay taxes owed (in addition to other areas of my small city like the fire dept, town commissions, and other things). what are you trying for here?
If you work at your local library, you have to see how much it costs of acquisition of the collections as well as the facilities and staff that make these wonderful institutions possible. Public Library funding is frequently under attack and underfunded with many communities lack the services needed to serve the needs they have.
Do you honestly believe that in your preferred system of a small group of people voluntarily paying would be enough to replace the tax driven system we have today? Your suggestion about front lawn free libraries as a replacement suggests you may not have a full grasp on the expenses of a modern well run public library system.
my suggestion is a cherry picked example of a cohort of things. my initial reply was absurd on purpose. yet you are replying like you’re arguing with bakunin.
You’re proposing an alternative system. I don’t know it, and was using your own example of a failing of the current system to see how your system corrects it. Should I have made wild assumptions instead and dismissed your thoughts?
So far I from your responses haven’t seen your proposed alternative to be viable.
No. i am stating how absurd is the current system in which we live. I am making no legitimate non-obnoxious alternative proposals.
My mistake. Your posts sounded like you were advocating for something specific as a different. Instead, you’re saying the current system sucks and you know of nothing better? I’ll agree with part of that.
However, your example of the public library (a topic near and dear to my own heart) stuck out as its one area where the current system works okay at least.