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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Should I be limited in my access to literature because I have taken some sort of poverty vow, or I live on a remote hilltop somewhere with nothing but a small hut and an ereader with a decent 3G connection?
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YES, you should be limited.
While knowledge is of doubtless importance, and I'd support its distribution for free (altough as mentioned before, not without control, since it contains dangerous parts. As already said I won't like every kid to be easily enabled to mix up acids, poisons or incendiaries.) entertainment is NOT of the same importance but a luxury.
Access to knowledge has been limited far more in the past, than it is now. In former times you had to find a master to tell you and join the respective guild to gain access to even the most basics of lores and crafts.
Both being a costly affair. Nowdays it is sufficient to hack "+($_craft OR $_lore) +(howto OR 101)" in the search engine of your choice to get at least the basics for free.
As far as entertainment is concerned, it has always been a luxury and was only made available for free if some leaders were interested to keep the masses happy and calm. Even then it wasn't every kind of entertainment but the sort the guys on top chose as being mostly mass-effective.
'panem et circenses' should ring a bell here.
Since tastes (luckily) differ the idea of a centrally decided sponsoring is :facepalm: as has already been discussed. (ad nauseam)
To put it in a nutshell:
1.) Don't ask about knowledge if you mean entertainment.
2.) If you want entertainment for free... put your hands in your pants.