No, the availability argument. Even people who are dirt-poor (by developed country standards, of course) can have top-quality means of listening to and producin

No, the availability argument. Even people who are dirt-poor (by developed country standards, of course) can have top-quality means of listening to and producing audio, thanks to computers, the internet, and Free Software. In the 1970s this was restricted to affluent people. So quite a narrow perspective to say things like that. We take it for granted but when I think about it I'm amazed that I can on a whim decide I want to listen to Beethoven and 10s later I'm listening to world-class musicians playing any piece I want.