On TWiT the other day I listened to them first discuss Apple's valuation at a trillion dollars US, and then right after, about minimum wage working conditions and the need for social supports. Of course at one point someone said "we can't afford all these entitlements, governments are not made out of money." I was listening on earphones but I exclaimed out loud, "You just finished talking about a trillion dollar valuation!" Clearly there's enough money for all kinds of programs but for some reason the choice is made to leave that money in the hands of corporations rather than in governments. This is why we find ourselves in the position discussed in this article where libraries have to depend on unreliable corporate largess in order to survive. At a certain point, though, an Elon Musk submarine is not enough.
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