We value productive work because there's always so much of it to do. We have programs to fund the arts already. If we want to expand those programs, we should j

We value productive work because there's always so much of it to do. We have programs to fund the arts already. If we want to expand those programs, we should just do that. At some point though we will have enough artists (especially since ML models can now generate soulless corporate art). Given that we're currently relying on an underpaid foreign underclass for basic needs like food, and every developed country has a policy of leaning on large amounts of immigration to fill in gaps in the workforce, it seems to me that we haven't demonstrated that we have enough to go around to then support people doing nothing.