Things get easier to grasp when you drop the idea that all human action must be profitable. In fact we can and should subsidize things that are not profitable but are beneficial either on the individual or collective level. No one is getting rich off of these subsidies for art, but the subsidy might mean they can now devote some of their day to organic thought rather than the capitalist rat race we find ourselves in. Maybe on aggregate this will lower population stress levels and lead to improved population health outcomes.