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Companies can fund art directly (and many do, such as Google/YouTube), instead of wastefully routing it through government.

Government can provide UBI and healthcare to the whole population instead of picking politically connected artists to make government approved art.

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Sure there’s Google or Facebook residency, etc but they are specifically looking for artists that are using technology in their art or at least aren't questioning the companies / private interests that are funding them. There’s so many artists that don’t use computers to make their work. I mean a program that supports all artists. I also don’t think government programs like the WPA were a waste.

I'd agree that UBI and healthcare could be one part of this. It's incredible that these aren't a given at this point.

I guess I just feel like Drip and Patreon are creating a commodity where there shouldn't be one. Funding an artist only when they have an audience that has the means to pay them monthly is a sure way of making some bad art.