> What makes you think all libraries are run as well as yours?
I feel like I’m going crazy, I’ve said two times that I don’t think we should be talking in universalities.
Statement #1: my local library is great and is an effective use of public funds
Statement #2: my local library is awful and a waste of public money
Both of these statements can be true and neither contradicts the other. There is no need to come to some universal conclusion here.
The broader point is that you often see this approach taken when talking about public spending: one example of waste somehow invalidates the whole concept. Yet you never see someone say “invest in a private company? Did you not see what happened with Enron?!”
I feel like I’m going crazy, I’ve said two times that I don’t think we should be talking in universalities.
Statement #1: my local library is great and is an effective use of public funds
Statement #2: my local library is awful and a waste of public money
Both of these statements can be true and neither contradicts the other. There is no need to come to some universal conclusion here.
The broader point is that you often see this approach taken when talking about public spending: one example of waste somehow invalidates the whole concept. Yet you never see someone say “invest in a private company? Did you not see what happened with Enron?!”