> Instead of staying true to their goals of education, libraries have become daytime homeless shelters driving away their original patrons. Previously, there

> Instead of staying true to their goals of education, libraries have become daytime homeless shelters driving away their original patrons. Previously, there had been private libraries for the elite. Carnegie libraries, making public libraries widespread across the country, were known by uppity folks for attracting "undesirables." People of all races, genders, and social statuses were welcome there. Those were the original patrons. That was Carnegie's goal. https://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207272849/how-andrew-carnegie-turned-his-fortune-into-a-library-legacy https://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207272849/how-andrew-carnegie... > Schools have opted out of their obligations to provide the best educations to the public instead tailoring the education to the least capable Our current school system was designed to create compliant factory workers. They're still making an uncreative, docile workforce, but where are the jobs? https://qz.com/1314814/universal-education-was-first-promoted-by-industrialists-who-wanted-docile-factory-workers https://qz.com/1314814/universal-education-was-first-promote...