Except that most of the people who whine about these things have a "well, YOU PEOPLE should do something about this then" attitude which completely blows off the situation of the people struggling in those institutions and tends to sound like "wah, this is too much work for ME so all of YOU should do more work!!!" (Scan the entire journal collection, cow? Really? Because we're not busy doing anything ELSE with fewer people-hours than we had before the crisis. So all of those other patrons who just want the same stuff they're used to getting must obviously be less important than you.)
As you (both) actually DO do a lot of interesting and useful things, you get a pass though. But it still sounds ridiculous.
I think the complainers in 1800 were also kind of ridiculous. What *was* justified (including just-post-Gutenberg) was the people complaining about stuff like not being allowed to own books that weren't licensed by the government. And the people complaining about the Catholic imprimatur. &c. Complain about the causes, not the effects, and more will change.
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As you (both) actually DO do a lot of interesting and useful things, you get a pass though. But it still sounds ridiculous.
I think the complainers in 1800 were also kind of ridiculous. What *was* justified (including just-post-Gutenberg) was the people complaining about stuff like not being allowed to own books that weren't licensed by the government. And the people complaining about the Catholic imprimatur. &c. Complain about the causes, not the effects, and more will change.