Tony Corsentino on Nostr: The #library card is *the* emblem of a child’s standing in civic life: their direct ...
The #library card is *the* emblem of a child’s standing in civic life: their direct access to a public service, not mediated or controlled by others. The library card grants rights to the politically voiceless and powerless.
It’s more radical than the idea of #democracy itself.
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