JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoInteresting how artists don't make enough money from their creations, so our solution is to make certain information illegal to share, rather than give them a universal basic income.message-squaremessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1550arrow-down1113
arrow-up1437arrow-down1message-squareInteresting how artists don't make enough money from their creations, so our solution is to make certain information illegal to share, rather than give them a universal basic income.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square162fedilink
minus-squareLaticauda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·11 months agoYou say that like it’s a bad thing. We could use more people who can afford to make art in the world, even if a lot of it would be shitty art.
minus-squarerealitista@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoDo we really need them more than doctors, plumbers, teachers, etc. though? While I’m for a UBI, I’m against it being enough to fully live off of for exactly this reason. The world doesn’t need a bunch more popsicle stick art.
minus-squareLaticauda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSpeak for yourself. I think the world would be a much better place with more popsicle stick art.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. We could use more people who can afford to make art in the world, even if a lot of it would be shitty art.
Do we really need them more than doctors, plumbers, teachers, etc. though? While I’m for a UBI, I’m against it being enough to fully live off of for exactly this reason. The world doesn’t need a bunch more popsicle stick art.
Speak for yourself. I think the world would be a much better place with more popsicle stick art.