• thesmokingman@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    So only art in museums is culturally significant? Made by artists who are dead? What about buildings? Religious places? Graveyards? Note that these are things I called out in my first comment so I’m not trying to move the goalposts here. You highlighted the Taliban destroying cultural places so, by your definition, we must include those and since we can’t displace any new ones must be added.

    I completely disagree that the footprint of the world’s art museums is minuscule. Museums today already have problems with storage. In order to meet your definition for art, museums must continue to expand their collections. As the number of people grows, the number of artists grows, increasing the supply of art. How do you define “great artist” without proportionally increasing the number? As fields specialize, so too do the “great artists” that define mediums.

    What about books? Records? Movies? How do we decide what to keep here?

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      You’re putting words in my mouth so I can’t really respond to the first part.

      Some people value art, some don’t. It’s ok if you don’t, it’s not okay to destroy what other people value.

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        1 month ago

        it’s not okay to destroy what other people value

        So you’re okay with oil companies destroying the planet which every person on this earth values? You’re okay with oil companies being given the pen to write the laws for climate protests? You’re okay with Judges taking bribes and providing harsh sentences to climate protesters?

        You’re okay to with some corrupt asshole stealing our future from us (you’re probably part of the awful operations, who knows?)

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        1 month ago

        You have answered nothing and read way more into the word “so” than was actually there. It’s pretty clear you’re just here to be mad so have fun with that!