DraconicSun@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoRemember, living wages is less expensive than this!media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square187linkfedilinkarrow-up1967arrow-down112
arrow-up1955arrow-down1imageRemember, living wages is less expensive than this!media.piefed.socialDraconicSun@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square187linkfedilink
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoBecause your favorite authors, screenwriters, poets, bands would be homeless under what counts as “work,” or they’d not have the time, money, energy to invest in their preferred work.
minus-squareTrihilis@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoThis is exactly why my country subsidizes art so people are still encouraged to make. I guess the US doesn’t have that either.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·21 hours agoIf it’s a good idea, it’s safe to assume it doesn’t exist in the US. You’ll be correct much more often than not.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoIs there competition for the subsidies?
minus-squareSaturnalia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·23 hours agoI agree. “Starving artist” should not be a common phrase.
Because your favorite authors, screenwriters, poets, bands would be homeless under what counts as “work,” or they’d not have the time, money, energy to invest in their preferred work.
This is exactly why my country subsidizes art so people are still encouraged to make. I guess the US doesn’t have that either.
If it’s a good idea, it’s safe to assume it doesn’t exist in the US. You’ll be correct much more often than not.
Is there competition for the subsidies?
I agree. “Starving artist” should not be a common phrase.