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Plus, from the article, I got the impression that the government will dictate what it can be spent on. I’m skeptical that for instance, Muslim art by French art
by bigmattystyles 5y ago
Plus, from the article, I got the impression that the government will dictate what it can be spent on. I’m skeptical that for instance, Muslim art by French artists will be seen as French by whatever committee decides what is French. But I haven’t lived in France in 30 years. I lived in the very north almost Belgium and, though I was a child, attitudes at the time were definitely not inclusive. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
- jcelerier 5y agoyou can use the money to buy any kind of culture-related thing, any book, movie, etc from any country
- bigmattystyles 5y agoBut the article says the platform must be French for instance. So it’s not quite anything.
- jcelerier 5y ago... sure, but most french platforms / shops have media from everywhere
- tomcooks 5y agoWhen you build colonies in the Muslim world how do you expect Muslims not to be part of your culture? And what does Muslim art have to do with this, when Muslims are the 5% of French population? Do you think French culture should be inherently Catholic (~40%)? Or atheist/agnostic (~40%). Moreover, if you re read the article I think you'll see that you can spend the bonus as you like.
- bigmattystyles 5y agoYou’re making my point (I think) - I was using the Muslim angle as an example of an integral part of France that some might wish to exclude or diminish. Are you free to consume art from any French person or are you free to consume art from only what a committee deems French? As far as rereading the article it says there’s an app and you can spend the money within it but presumably the content within is vetted. It also says major French platforms like canal+ but that’s it. It does explicitly rule out Netflix, Disney, Spotify and more. So it’s definitely not anything.