Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by sethammons on Saturday June 28, 2025 @11:56PM
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The US constitution says congress will pay for useful arts and sciences. It says this before paying for national defense fwiw. If career soldiers and scientists can exist with federal dollars, so should useful artists. Now to define useful art...
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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician
by marcosdumay on Sunday June 29, 2025 @12:11AM
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"Useful art" is an old term that means what people call "engineering" nowadays.
The "useful arts" mentioned in the US constitution refers to the works of artisans and craftsmen, such as textile manufacturers, instrument makers, and people working in construction.