What happens when you forget/never knew that publicly funded art was once a thing.
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2024
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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.
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
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.
yea from what my friends have told me about their grants, it pays way less than their minimum wage "real job" too...
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.
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
The cia stills funds lots of art I hear.
Is that where all the CHUD webcomics came from?
It is entirely possible. Which is frustrating because there is no level too stupid for it not to be possible
I'm sure the
POWER DYNAMICS
of those relationships didn't lead to any abuse
There is a specter haunting Hexbear, the specter of LiberalSocialist. 
the longest t shirt that man has
Constructing increasingly elaborate fantasies which happen to involve my basic needs being taken care of by a figure of authority
This is basically my partner's job with less steps.
Boss: "Did you SEO the kanban scrum synergy for today's stand-up agile AI?"
Them: "Check it out, I made a pivot table."
Every Manager in the Org:
Pivot tables are black magic for the executive class
And i am the pivot wizard
"Please, ruling class, at least take care of me like a pet that is trained to do tricks until you're bored of me, just like in the good old days." 
No, but i designed a helicopter
Please carry on
What a load of fucking crap
iirc among other things DaVinci was a fairly skilled siege engineer, which was roughly equivalent to being, fuck, idk. I don't think there actually are workers as valuable in modern times as siege engineers were in various historical eras.
Sure, he's the main source of the "reneissance man" as idiom for someone of extensive talents, interests and knowledge.
I meant that there would be no fucking chance to be allowed some far fetched fantasies while in work, burgie buys slave and burgie requires every last ounce of labour, if it's cocksucking painting, then it's gonna be cocksucking painting. And btw da Vinci was also treated the same way and he was considered a top artist even during his life (and iirc about his engineering the invention actually realised were multibarreled guns and those were flop because actual gunmaking was nowhere near the required level). Most other artists under patronate were even less fortunate, just for some reason entire dynamic got romanticised later.
Good that this take in OP is at least written from perspective of the patron, which makes it mere mildly disgusting power fantasy. Every actual artist thinking like that really deserve to have grok permanently wired to their brain.
Strong agree.
Da Vinci was also a skilled Theater set builder. He was contracted to do festivals and religious holidays. He was also hot as fuck apparently, which had its perks.
God's perfect fuccboi
I mean, I wouldn't mind being someone's pet but I would greatly prefer knowing I wouldn't be doomed if they got bored of me or decided to shoot at me for fun
(gestures broadly at the current state of things)
This is doubtlessly the worst possible way to air that kink.
Isn't that kinda what current day celebrities are though? Do people think it's a healthy arrangement?
The artisan class is not ok
Techno feudal lord:Paint this wall with my naked childbride
Artist: I’d rather not
Techno feudal lord: this is why I ran it by DALLE first.
something something you're a fucking serf 
Holy crap, and I was wondering as to why a cringy manhwa chadguy/girlboss MC would pay the entire debt for a artist, and make them live in their house? This cringey troupe is so damn insulting to the serfs and peasants who have suffered under European feudalism.
Being a patron of the arts and keeping artists as pets sound like exactly the kind of thing Elon Musk would get up to. They could probably produce something so horrible that it invalidates the entire deeply respected field of oil painting.
He would pay them in doge and horses
"Art-Slave! For the good of humanity I need you to draw me a meme portraying myself, Elon Musk, as the Chad, and my enemies as virgin cucks. Make it.... extra epic... throw in a shiba inu perhaps...."
I thibk this is just a sex thing guys dont look into ot too mucg
They are not going to allow to draw a helicopter. If you dont x/y/z you are going to be thrown onto the streets.
They do do that though
what the fuck.
I regularly think about this but from a science perspective. I thought I want a rich guy to fund my research and provide for my needs but I am realizing from this comment section that I might just have a kink
its fucking 1320 motherfucker, etc
Death to America