1/ The suffering artist/philosopher ideal is guardian bs. Idealism is the luxury of people who do obviously useful things.
8/ This trader approach to philosophy/art is of course for the free market. Philosophy/art inside the regulated academic is neither.
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9/ "Tenure" in any form is sort of the death sentence for philosophy or art because with comfort comes the temptation of idealism.
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10/ "Idealistic philosophy" and "Idealistic art" are oxymorons to some extent, because they retreat from reality instead of get closer to it
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