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    hahahah I love libraries. It’s a “reductio ad absurdum” that shows how a lack of tax payment will, eventually, result in a state destroying your everything, and when cops show up, it’s always at gunpoint. (at least in the US)

    Before you get to thinking I’m a libertarian, recall I mentioned all nation states are bad.

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      recall I mentioned all nation states are bad.

      I’m not sure what you’re advocating for instead of nations. Roving bands of nomads?

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            Local community members through fair, equitable, democratic, and at-will membership in the community. Co-ops are not a new idea.

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              Co-ops are not a new idea.

              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?

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                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.

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                  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?

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                    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?

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            That is correct. Why do folks here seem to want doctoral level dissertations in the replies.

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              People aren’t friendly to anti tax rhetoric when it’s been used to undermine our current democracy.

              Is our current system good? No. But it’s getting overly theoretical to go off on taxes in this context.