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by ceilingcorner
2149 days ago
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I always find it odd that historical arguments are rejected for basically everything - imagine arguing against social security because it didn't exist historically, or for indentured servitude because it did - and yet the exact same line of thought is used against arts and culture, which are ostensibly some of the most important products of a civilization. Instead, the trope is "well too bad, if you want to be an artist, pay for it yourself." And you wonder why a television reality star is the president of the country...if you don't invest in the arts, what else do you expect to happen? |
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To be clear, my point wasn't to put the responsibility entirely with the creators. It was about showing that if you reduce the discussion to "How can we get more people to donate/subscribe/like? We need some centralized platform with cutting edge tech to do it!" you're losing out in many ways, and you ignore a massive amount of murky, complex, long standing, socio-economic dynamics.
I tried skirting that last remark myself because it evokes strong emotions and tends to derail any meaningful discussion about this.
On a personal note, I think it's absolutely important that there's public funding for the arts, humanities and non-profit in general. But by the same token, it's fair to state that you can't expect society - a large group of individuals - to support anyone who starts producing and publishing content on social media full time, without question.