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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by bobajeff on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:37AM (#41255920)
>The opportunity for individual financial and ego success is a huge driver for modern popular art culture (for better and for worse). If we take that away, guess what happens? No one wants to do it, anymore.

I don't know about financial success but I think losing ego building as artist incentives might not be a bad thing. Maybe it's an unhealthy focus and probably shouldn't be supported.

Intuitively, I think those kind of drives will not go away no matter what support you give it. However, I can't believe that feeding that beast is not having an effect.

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by butlike on Thursday August 15, 2024 @11:15AM (#41257040)
Being "the guy" is the moat in entertainment. The problem is if you remove that, then the throngs of folks can make content to where it becomes "if everyone's special, no one is." I get it, I just wish it wasn't the case.
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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:53AM (#41256086)
The ego stuff can be sickening, but it is definitely a draw. Some of the best musicians and artists, ever, have been rather appalling personalities. I won't go into naming names.
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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by butlike on Thursday August 15, 2024 @11:16AM (#41257054)
If you get used to stepping on the shoulders of others, that cascades to other aspects of your life and sooner-or-later a paparazzi video comes out of you being a dick to wait staff or worse.
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