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Originally Posted by meeera
It's not an "insult", it's just wrong. Libraries are not charity. Libraries are for everyone.
https://bookriot.com/2017/02/23/open...-for-everyone/
I'd like to live in a world where food pantries have no need to exist, but I don't want to exist in a world without libraries.
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Gee, I would like live in a world without libraries because everyone had instant access to every book ever written. Plenty of SF stories that assume that. Of course, it's about as likely as food pantries (or soup kitchens as we call them in the US) don't exist. Unless human nature somehow changes, there will always be people who need help putting food on their table.
Just because the government dispenses charity, doesn't mean it isn't charity. In the US, things like schools and libraries are provided without charge typically by the community as a whole. Charity is defined as voluntarily giving to those in need. Libraries fit that definition. While many soup kitchens are run out of churches and the like, most get at least some aid from the various governments.