Art is the Purest Form of capitalism
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you make a highly valued good, which then becomes tradeable for other valued goods
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the real purity of the endeavor is where the Value comes from
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not needs, not survivalism, but Pure, Unadulterated Appreciation of Aesthetics
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or, alternatively, your belief in others’ valuation of that — Greed
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the other great illustration of the Dynamics of Capitalism that Art exhibits is the concept of Monetary Rot
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you can today buy highly desired artwork, with no guarantee it will have any value tomorrow
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Umm the artist gets paid though and can spend the money on say sandwiches. Money doesn’t rot except through inflation. Only individual net worth rots or not
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mostly because you cannot register the loss until you sell or dispose of it; it’s hard to sell something no one wants to buy
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