Quote (Taurean @ Jan 28 2022 10:09am)
Art is free. Everything that involves art, sports, athletics, anything of that nature, is free and should be free. There are many that does art that is just as good or better than art that is worth millions.
You watch football on tv, people fake injuries to affect the judge. Everything that involves big money becomes corrupted and fake. I would rather watch children's sports, it's much more genuine and it's about the true nature of sports: Keeping fit and having fun. Not sitting in your couch with beer and chips and becoming overweight (not a mockery, just objective facts).
Money should come from sacrificing, or at least doing something that the society needs. Masoner, busdriver, healthcare worker, dentist, whatever you can think of. They require discipline and a lot of practice, and THAT is what should warrant money. Not sitting in front of a computer playing games and talking to a microphone. It also involves no personal risk. Doing a work practice involves personal risk, because you usually are involved with other people's safety. If a busdriver makes a mistake, it can cost him and dozens of other people their lives. Yet they get paid probably much less than what someone is sitting in front of a pc screen chit-chatting about stupid games make during a year.
That is the core of the problem. It's the risk that comes with the work, and the long-term involvement of a craft, that should determine the wages. Not popularity and "trend-factor" or whatever you call it. It's what is to me the equivalent of Bullshit. And i will never stop fighting against that because i empathize too much with those that actually do have real jobs. They have to fight this kind of stigmatization with their children every day, trying to show their children the meaning of keeping a real job, while this bullshit is brainwashing their children to play games instead of developing skills.
"I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: Entertainment is one of the most important things in people's lives. Without it, they might go off the deep end." Stan Lee