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starving artists looking back at feudalism longingly (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 70 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What happens when you forget/never knew that publicly funded art was once a thing.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 35 points 4 days ago (3 children)

it is still a thing lol, majority of the arts are still funded that way. it seems like a very US-online thing to not engage with state funding for artistic projects.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 32 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

tbh you would never know arts in America are often state funded without being one yourself because it's not enough for artists to live

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

for sure. basically everyone I know has a """""real""""" job on the side to pay for rent, but they still use the state funds to pay for their projects.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

yea from what my friends have told me about their grants, it pays way less than their minimum wage "real job" too...

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago

It is a very US thing. Back in the 80's Reagan started an attack on public arts budgets in the US that never stopped. As a result US public arts funding is a shdaow of what it was a few generations ago.

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

the person in the screenshot is a finn, judging by the name at least. We do have publicly funded art but they're constantly lowering the budget because right wingers hate art unless it's hitlerite in character

[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The cia stills funds lots of art I hear.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is that where all the CHUD webcomics came from?

[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

It is entirely possible. Which is frustrating because there is no level too stupid for it not to be possible