Like yeah if you look at it from a purely consumer POV it "sucked" and you were always getting "ripped off", but you had no choice As you say, then, as now, people still paid for stuff and people still made a living It's just the greater burden was shifted onto the consumer
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the trajectory this thread took is so necessary + so rarely articulated in a single breath like this.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So, again, either we are in a capitalist system, in which case artists need to be good enough to get fans or perish. Or we can push for a society where anyone can make art and make it publicly accessible, because everyone's needs are met.
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In neither case is the old way a good way.
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