I already disliked this take but it's so much worse coming from an actual wealthy musicianhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-news-blog/2016/dec/29/amanda-palmer-donald-trump-is-going-to-make-punk-rock-great-again?CMP=twt_gu …
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Oh my God she voluntarily brought up Weimar Germanypic.twitter.com/7YFrMqTKaF
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For fuck's sake stop saying that beautiful art made due to suffering is an upside to that suffering arrgh
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Hey here's a take: As much of a "Golden Age" as Weimar Germany was for the arts, it doesn't compare to the art destroyed by what followed
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The amount of art that was destroyed, the number of ARTISTS destroyed, was an incalculable loss that wasn't compensated for by anything
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If Holocaust references seem over-the-top, just consider that economic recessions' main effect on art is to force artists to get day jobs
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heard at least one person say that the UK's creative output in the 60's-70s was possible due to the welfare system in place.
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J.K. Rowling is on record as saying that Harry Potter would simply not exist if not for welfare
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Not just that it would've been harder to write, she would never have gotten it into her head to try to write at all if there were no welfare
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Colin Firth is reportedly an advocate of a strong public education system (along with welfare supports arts access for all)pic.twitter.com/xwjzcAuG6G
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