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Why is an article like this okay, but you'd never see a clickbait article for illegal activities called "pros and cons of embezzlement"? Is stealing fine art no
by glup 8y ago
Why is an article like this okay, but you'd never see a clickbait article for illegal activities called "pros and cons of embezzlement"? Is stealing fine art not really stealing?
- mirimir 8y agoThe pros in the article are mostly sarcastic. It's basically a riff on "criminals are stupid". There's also a play to the romantic image of art thieves.
- wmf 8y agoIn the documentary Blurred Lines, some people made the point that shady practices in the fine art world (like rigged auctions, fee gouging, and general lack of transparency) are sort of justified because it's just rich people scamming other rich people out of disposable income.
- cascom 8y agoWhile I agree that the title is less than ideal, the premise of the article seems to be that its paradoxical that people steal art given the authors premise that it would appear to be fruitless endeavor