[krapp]

Doubly so because half the country is attacking public libraries for spreading "woke" or "transgender" propaganda. I remember a recent story about a city that voted to defund their public library entirely for that reason.

Between culture-war politics and people's disgust at the homeless using libraries as shelters (as if that was the libraries' fault, and not the fault of societies refusing to care about the homeless) I really despair for the future of libraries as cultural centers. Because books aside, that's really what they are.

It's not surprising libraries are turning to stores and apps for funding when the people either don't care or are actively hostile to them.