• Beep@lemmus.orgOP
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    3 months ago

    Because they call themselves a name(Artists), that is why as a society we need to care for them.

    Unemployed miners and factory workers are just normal boring unemployed.

    • yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      Being an artist is thankless mostly unpaid labor that enriches and improves Irish culture.

      Why the fuck would we not encourage folks capable of being artists (not exactly a ubiquitous talent disposition) for some pitiful sum of money if they’re willing?

      Most writers get paid nothing for their work. Even fantastic writers can barely scrape a living. Yet we love having Irish authors don’t we? Painters, likewise; musicians, doubly so.

      Use your brain. This isn’t a lot of money and improves Irish society. The working class in Ireland gets paid twice as much as artists, not that I’m against UBI (I imagine they’re testing it).

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      3 months ago

      Where is your “AI democratizes art” spiel? Shouldn’t you be launching into it about now or did you decide it’s too much to push at the same time?