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		carlsborg 61 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ireland is making basic income for artists program... People should vote on art and if you hit a threshold, you get the income.

racktash 61 days ago [–]

Great art isn't necessarily about popularity / wide appeal, though. In fact, the art that isn't of wide, general appeal, is what stands to benefit the most from this kind of benefit.

nlitened 60 days ago | [–]

Why would taxpayers fund art that is not appealing or somehow beneficial to them?

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