[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[ian glendinning]

Craig, Arlo,

> [Craig]
> This is not the only free market alternative.  People can voluntarily
> joining together to form book co-operatives.  And, of course, there's
> good reason not to force them to.
>
> [Arlo]
> This is a good point. Would you feel that the poor would be better
> served under such a system? Would this system server more? Less?

Public libraries and voluntary book cooperatives are really the same
thing. Libraries are just more evolved ... once a voluntary book club
grows by its success the overhead of managing it is worth delegating
to some administration ... Any form of "government" is voluntary at
some point.

Ian