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[โ€“] taiyang@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A real government would look into ways to just give basic income to creatives (and anyone else) so even if they didn't have to slave away illustrating for corps, they could focus efforts on art. That's how you operate in a post-scarcity world.

But nah. Capitalism.

[โ€“] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago

A real government would look into ways to just give basic income to creatives (and ~~anyone~~ everyone else) so even if they didn't have to slave away illustrating for corps, they could focus efforts on art, themselves, community, or whatever else drove them. That's how you operate in a post-scarcity world.

But nah. Capitalism.