> If the activity itself is enjoyable then that reason no longer exists and it's only natural that you'll have a harder time making a living wage from it.
This doesn't make any sense. People have jobs because someone has to do them. (This includes art and culture.) Whether that job is enjoyable or not is not really relevant. Just because someone finds a job enjoyable doesn't mean that they should work for less money or for free...
Also, not everything about being an artist is enjoyable. For example, nobody enjoys writing grant applications, booking gigs, organizing rehearsals, accounting, typesetting scores, etc. Not to mention the financial insecurity.
> If they don't earn enough from those people the perhaps the value they produce isn't as great as you think.
Art and culture cannot work in a purely capitalistic logic. Most art is subsidized in one way or another. Just like many other parts of society.
There are many things that you personally may not need, but society as a whole still wants to support.
> Then why are you here replying to my comment if you get nothing out of it? Sure, the value is tiny but that is also true for most art.
Sorry, but this is just dumb.
> so a few chosen special people are exempt from the market crushing everyone else.
If you think that people become artists because it's a cozy life, you are mistaken. It's a lot of work for little money.
This doesn't make any sense. People have jobs because someone has to do them. (This includes art and culture.) Whether that job is enjoyable or not is not really relevant. Just because someone finds a job enjoyable doesn't mean that they should work for less money or for free...
Also, not everything about being an artist is enjoyable. For example, nobody enjoys writing grant applications, booking gigs, organizing rehearsals, accounting, typesetting scores, etc. Not to mention the financial insecurity.
> If they don't earn enough from those people the perhaps the value they produce isn't as great as you think.
Art and culture cannot work in a purely capitalistic logic. Most art is subsidized in one way or another. Just like many other parts of society.
There are many things that you personally may not need, but society as a whole still wants to support.
> Then why are you here replying to my comment if you get nothing out of it? Sure, the value is tiny but that is also true for most art.
Sorry, but this is just dumb.
> so a few chosen special people are exempt from the market crushing everyone else.
If you think that people become artists because it's a cozy life, you are mistaken. It's a lot of work for little money.