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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument, which I think is quite important today

But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument, which I think is quite important today

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But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument,
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which I think is quite important today...
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7 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
02:35:01
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
There is a very, very, virulent critique - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
There is a very, very, virulent critique
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about
He's this well-known first American sociologist. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He's this well-known first American sociologist.
He believes that slave society - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
He believes that slave society
Throughout human history, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Throughout human history,
Throughout time this has been the case. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Throughout time this has been the case.
Why all of a sudden - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Why all of a sudden
This is the lie that modern society has. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is the lie that modern society has.
It's not that there's this class conflict, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's not that there's this class conflict,
The problem is that what you want isn't possible. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The problem is that what you want isn't possible.
The idea of a free society is a failure. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
The idea of a free society is a failure.
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters,
Slaves Without Masters is the idea - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Slaves Without Masters is the idea
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no masters. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no...
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue,
The problem of capital and labor in America - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
The problem of capital and labor in America
Richard Hofstadter, one of the famous American historians, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Richard Hofstadter, one of the famous American historians,
He puts "Fitzhugh, the marks of the planter class." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
He puts "Fitzhugh, the marks of the planter...
You have a critique of this supposedly free society, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You have a critique of this supposedly free society,