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aifhyahdhd 7 hours ago

> So, if Oodi ended up being a plain old social third space instead of a "real library", that didn't take anything away from Helsinki residents.

Taxes and corruption.

TFNA 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Nah, I might be a hermit and misanthrope who prefers books to people and hates crotch goblins running around, but I can still see the value for general society of a third space open to everyone, young and old. Especially when many people are hurting these days from lack of IRL contact, and the alternative would be expensive for-pay locations like coffee joints or pubs.

aifhyahdhd 6 hours ago | parent [-]

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TFNA 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Your two posts here evince a lack of understanding of Finnish culture (cultural subsidy, and the creation of state jobs for cultural workers, is not particularly controversial here) and the particular challenges that Finnish society has to deal with (yes, people could do frivolous stuff at home, but the point is to get them outside doing stuff with other people).

The films I have seen screened in Oodi are often serious, edifying stuff. It is no different from the publically funded cinematheques that have existed in many European countries for long decades now. Fear of homeless people taking over the bookable facilities is completely ignorant of how they are apportioned.