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Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by scsilver on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:49AM (#26540072)
Becaus the art itself is secondary to the quality of life a virbrant arts community gives to a city/town. Even an untallented art and ary collectives create a richer community. We dont need parks either, they are quality of life investments.
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Re:YouTube and Patreon Still Aren’t Paying the Rent for Most... by ImprobableTruth on Monday March 22, 2021 @09:17AM (#26540341)
Why wouldn't the same apply to literally any hobby community? Or do you think that people who go bowling should be paid a living wage for it too?

The created art is simply how the vast, vast majority of people in a city will interact with a local community of artists and thus how their quality of life is increased by their existence. A group of e.g. untalented musicians will simply have a terrible quality of live/cost ratio. We don't fund parks simply because they're a quality of life investment - but because they're a _good_ investment.

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