that sounds less like a backfire and more like a temporary reprieve because the groups that take these actions are better organized, funded, and with more members than the library's supporters can ever hope to match.
the examples they cite in the article happening across the country for this type of behavior proves that they usually win.
reykjavik and juneau will become the biggest beach destination spots on this planet.
i feel the same way, but i take the opposite approach and drink water like a dehydrated man in the desert with a thing for salt lick the whole time i drink; it makes me urinate a lot while i'm drunk, but it works.
because any and all barriers are effect means at preventing people from taking or doing something while still remaining legally valid.
they don't need sex robots; they can afford to pay for the real thing
nearly half of computer-related engineers/developers/technicians/analyst who refuse to believe that this and other similar programs that snowden revealed on purely ideological grounds is a huge source of fuel for my misanthropy; the fact that they tend to be the most successful and/or well paid in my field (software development) is a several fold bigger source.
we're so fucked
i used to inhabit forums and bbs that did something similar to reddit and i learned that the downfall will be so slow that no one will be able to recognize it. one of them was still around and i took a look when i left reddit and saw that the die hards remained and now post over 75% of the content.
it's a bit like climate change; it's unquestionably happening but most either won't admit it or just ignore it.
i love how the people he's screwed hard enough to be forced out of politics continue to publicly insist that they're best buddies with him in the hopes of continuing to woo some kind of base; especially pence. lol
to add to this: it also takes perpetual acts of reaching out to people and educators to make them aware of reality and provide the means of education so that society doesn't get stuck into the headspace we're currently experiencing w the revival of the regressive and reactionary ideals.