Thank you for an informative post that doesn't immediately reduce the reader to tears when learning the extent of destruction of our humanity.
I'm not certain that your reader will grasp the full meaning of "popular" as used to describe the library. There is a silent meaning depending on the speaker and purpose of its use. It can be used as a cognate, meaning what it means in English: widely-praised and held dear. In the context of "after the revolution" and including reference to active versus passive and propaganda, the word is used as a fig leaf for the true purpose of the library going forward.
In this case, popular means "people's." It is owned by the people to serve their interests. Implicit in the socialist model is that it is held by government in the name of the people. Unstated is that henceforth the purpose will be to serve the interests of government. A label claiming ownership by "the people" is a fig leaf for "serving the interests of government."
Thank you for an informative post that doesn't immediately reduce the reader to tears when learning the extent of destruction of our humanity.
I'm not certain that your reader will grasp the full meaning of "popular" as used to describe the library. There is a silent meaning depending on the speaker and purpose of its use. It can be used as a cognate, meaning what it means in English: widely-praised and held dear. In the context of "after the revolution" and including reference to active versus passive and propaganda, the word is used as a fig leaf for the true purpose of the library going forward.
In this case, popular means "people's." It is owned by the people to serve their interests. Implicit in the socialist model is that it is held by government in the name of the people. Unstated is that henceforth the purpose will be to serve the interests of government. A label claiming ownership by "the people" is a fig leaf for "serving the interests of government."
Yes, there was a lot of organizing what was popular so good point.