Something about this books thread has been nagging at me and I finally
got it.
A substantial percentage of us on this homesteading list treasure
books and have large, personal libraries. Some of us even think of our
book walls as insulation. I did a quick calculation and figured that,
even with small rooms and an average-over-the-years of ten bucks per
book, such a wall could easily represent ten thousand dollars.
Now then. Consider all those people who love to read but can't afford
even a portion of that expenditure for books.
Then consider that public libraries fill that need.
Then consider that public libraries, Andrew Carnegie notwithstanding,
are examples of socialism, a condition much decried here.
Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in the country
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