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>If we force artists to make art in order to be able to eat, isn't the system already broken? Can you explain what you mean by that? I'm trying to put it in th
by vitd 11y ago
>If we force artists to make art in order to be able to eat, isn't the system already broken?
Can you explain what you mean by that? I'm trying to put it in the perspective of other careers, and it doesn't make any sense to me. Like, "If we force doctors to heal in order to be able to eat, isn't the system already broken?" It doesn't sound broken. I'm a programmer. I have to program to eat. I can choose something else if I don't make it as a programmer, just as artists can. (And in fact, I do some art on the side, too.) But everyone has to contribute in some way to eat. (Well, unless they inherit a bunch of money, I guess.) Why is that worse for artists than anyone else? I think I'm missing some larger point, here. Sorry to sound dense.
- Suncho 11y agoYou don't sound dense at all. We might have a fundamental moral disagreement, which is fine: But everyone has to contribute in some way to eat. I disagree with this. And I actually would say that it's a problem if we're forcing doctors to heal in order for them to be able to eat. I wrote an entire blog post about this issue: http://www.suncho.com/blog/20150326_morality.html http://www.suncho.com/blog/20150326_morality.html