It appears to me that, as with the public schools and universities, the real destruction is coming from within. They have been taken over by the termites of the woke left, and there is no Musk to fumigate them.
I think there are some valid concerns there. Politicization has turned librarians into activists; the New Criterion published an evenhanded look at the problem here: https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/12/a-library-by-the-book Part of what’s happening involves the community aspect of libraries. Communities in America are divided; it’s bound to show up in our institutions.
It appears to me that, as with the public schools and universities, the real destruction is coming from within. They have been taken over by the termites of the woke left, and there is no Musk to fumigate them.
I think there are some valid concerns there. Politicization has turned librarians into activists; the New Criterion published an evenhanded look at the problem here: https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/12/a-library-by-the-book Part of what’s happening involves the community aspect of libraries. Communities in America are divided; it’s bound to show up in our institutions.