No, it is an artefact of a heinous economic system that they are made to “art for money” which is gross. I rather there be no art until the economic system perishes.
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Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoFocusing on one part of your response that really runs me the wrong way, you believe artists don’t need to be compensated for their work?
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 month ago
I think their point is that in an economy that isn’t profit-driven, artists (just like everyone else) would not rely on their art/labor for survival.
Artists generally prefer this model as well, since they don’t have to tailor their art to anyone else’s tastes. We already see models moving towards this, like Patreon, where you pay the artist to produce whatever art they want, rather than buying a completed work. The next step is this being UBI (which is essentially a public patronage system), not private patrons.