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2022 is also when the wars in Ukraine and Gaza started in earnest When wars are going on, most people in affected countries are thinking about heavier things t
by EGreg 1y ago
2022 is also when the wars in Ukraine and Gaza started in earnest
When wars are going on, most people in affected countries are thinking about heavier things than going to an art exhibit and boosting their collections.
2020 and 2021 was when the pandemic happened. Businesses started feeling the crunch all over the world from the lockdowns. Supply chains got bullwhipped. People weren’t exactly interested in going to buy artworks after their one-time UBI checks and PPP funds ran out. And other countries didn’t send those out at all.
Oh yeah, and AI has now sent a supply shock to the whole art industry. But we can’t say that on HN, there will always be someone popping out of the woodwork claiming AI is a non-factor and saying things were always like that.
- doctorpangloss 1y agoThe public is not conscious of how big of a deal the war in Ukraine is.
- randmeerkat 1y ago> The public is not conscious of how big of a deal the war in Ukraine is. My sincerest desire is that there’s a peaceful resolution to this conflict before they’re forced to realize it.
- YeahThisIsMe 1y agoIt's not a "conflict" and there will not be a peaceful resolution of it.
- khazhoux 1y agoOf course it's a conflict. Every war is a conflict.
- nine_k 1y agoRoman Empire, or Genghis Khan, or Nazi Germany did not have a "conflict" with neighbors, some kind of quarrel that can end in a compromise. They had a desire to conquer, subdue, and consume the neighbors. There could be no resolution beside a complete capitulation and becoming annexed. Russia is currently acting in this mode. There can be no "resolution", only a devastating military defeat of one of the sides.
- jajko 1y agoThis, so much this. Even many smart folks don't realize this, or refuse to acknowledge since its pretty bleak viewpoint with no bright future. This war won't end just because its getting annoying, or sad, or shocking whats happening. Russia switched fully to war economy, on purpose, there is no easy way back even if they wanted. Their goal is to conquer as much Europe as possible, losing few millions of its sub-citizens from rural remote regions is not such a concern that we in the west think about. Nobody there cares. Their enemy is whole western world, doesn't matter how much trump licks putin's a*, not a zilch. In fact, I strongly believe that almost nobody in the west fully understands how depraved and primitive russian thinking is, think about white heroin addicted trash or common slums folks, and spread it on the level of largest nation in the world and give them huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons. On top is good old mafia (and I don't mean Coppola's idealized version, I mean real murder-whole-family-in-acid-vat type), nothing more. Now what good do you expect from that, now or in 10 years? Whatever you do, you are naive.
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- 4ggr0 1y ago> how depraved and primitive russian thinking is, think about white heroin addicted trash or common slums folks, [...] and give them huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons. :s/russian/american/ can we not label whole nationalities as depraved, primitive heroin addicted trash!?!
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- esarbe 1y agoThe only peaceful resolution is Russia accepting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors. Otherwise there will be no peace, just oppression and torture of the occupied population. And more war down the line, when Russia feels it can take another bite.
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- NoOn3 1y agoBy saying this, you must understand that many more people may die for this purpose, and even yourself.
- esarbe 1y agoIt's Russia's purpose to attack its peaceful, friendly and neutral neighbors. No one forces Russia to attack its neighbors. As long as Russia insists on waging war against its sovereign neighbors, Russia is a threat to Europe.
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- throwawayq3423 1y agoDid you read what he said? You are guaranteeing the war will continue if you reward an invasion with land.
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- pjc50 1y ago> 2022 is also when the wars in Ukraine and Gaza started in earnest This is just wrong for Gaza; either you take the "conflict has been running continuously since 1948" approach, or you date the present intense fighting to October 2023. > AI has now sent a supply shock to the whole art industry Not to the "fine art" part of it, no. It's taken out the lower and middle tiers; people doing commissions for a few hundred dollars are squeezed out, and there's much more slop to sell to tourists, but any business which cares about uniqueness and provenance (sometimes more than the content of the art!) is not going to notice.
- weregiraffe 1y agoThe conflict started long before 1948. Hint: creation of the State of Israel is an effect of the conflict, not its cause.