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by hubert022 1611 days ago
Wow this is so naive… how are they gonna define who is an artist and who is not? Why taxpayers (who may not care about art at all) should pay for this? Why a government can define that this specific group of people should get some grants, but not for example teachers or Uber drivers? Utopia
2 comments

If only you read the article...

> how are they gonna define who is an artist and who is not?

They won't.

> Why taxpayers (who may not care about art at all) should pay for this?

Who would? Would you?

> Why a government can define that this specific group of people should get some grants

Because that's what governments do.

> but not for example teachers

Teachers have regular incomes.

> or Uber drivers?

The hurdles to be a taxi driver and an Uber driver are mostly the same, so we mostly don't have Uber drivers. We have taxi drivers instead, who also answer Uber calls when they want to get exploited while they enrich someone else.

The way things stand, what they are fighting for is more like a "non-dystopia." A utopia would actually need to lead somewhere new... but at the moment the powers that be have tried absolutely EVERYTHING to stay in power and they ran out of options. This is their last bet (or rather - their last bluff - as I don't think they will make good on their promises).