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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I used to love to go to the bookstore and browse and buy a stack. Used to do it at a few used books stores and hit garage sales when I had less budget to spend.
But, with my Kindle I don't need to do this anymore.... so I don't.
BOb
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This is the heart of the matter. It comes down to the age-old tension between the way I would like the world to be and what I am prepared to put into the pot to make the world that way.
I would like to see a world of local shops owned and staffed by people who love their work and where I interact with everyone in my community. The trouble is that I shop at what our American cousins call the 'mall' or the supermarket or online, partly because it is easier and partly because the actual local shops are owned and staffed by people who couldn't give a toss and I don't know anyone in my community anyway.
There are two possibilities:
1) We can all discipline ourselves to act in such a way as to bring about the world we desire;
2) We can be made to behave in the way that creates the world we desire.
Number one isn't going to happen because we're all too selfish.
The only answer is number two - you need to make me dictator. I will guarantee to create a world in which you will all be happy and fulfilled. You will relax in cosy bookshops owned by knowledgeable bibliophiles who have all the time in the world to discuss the merits of their wares before zapping them into your liseuse (the the only word allowed by law).
So vote for me. It's the last vote you will ever need to bother casting. Or we could all stop whining and accept that the world we have is the world we make and always will be.
Until the comet hits us, that is.