On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 22:03 +0100, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote: > Can you please explain the fundamental idea behind the critique of > gift economy? > Within the current economical framework I don't see any problems, > except the attitude of the people, because the have to be willing to > voluntarily donate. So artists who are liked by the people earn money > and others who are not liked do not. > So where is the problem?
So, just to examine a single problem we both recognise, you think it's ok that artists who are not personally likable are not able to earn a living creating art in this economy? That sounds like a recipe for Stuckism, but not one for promoting the arts. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
