general disdain for most things run by any type of government here Why should that have anything to do with it? Government-run libraries are a much more recent

general disdain for most things run by any type of government here Why should that have anything to do with it? Government-run libraries are a much more recent development - the first libraries in America were set up by the churches, and later became private entities such as Ben Franklin's Library Company of Philadelphia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_libraries_in_North_America#First_libraries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_libraries_in_North_Amer...