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minus-squareFire Witch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoArt doesn’t pay. Capitalism can’t exploit it as much as manual labor so there’s no money in it, unfortunately. On top of that, we have to constantly deal with people demeaning artists as useless and trying to bury us in favor of celebrities. (Not a writer, but an artist nonetheless)
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago Capitalism can’t exploit it as much as manual labor so there’s no money in it, unfortunately. Doesn’t that mean that art is exploited even more?
minus-squareFire Witch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoActually yeah, you’re right
Art doesn’t pay. Capitalism can’t exploit it as much as manual labor so there’s no money in it, unfortunately. On top of that, we have to constantly deal with people demeaning artists as useless and trying to bury us in favor of celebrities.
(Not a writer, but an artist nonetheless)
Doesn’t that mean that art is exploited even more?
Actually yeah, you’re right