A couple years ago I was watching CSPAN and on CSPAN's Booknotes
program there was an interview with a man who wrote a book about
Kruschev. During the interview the subject of how Kruschev treated
artists came up. Below is a link to the webpage of the transscript
of that interview. The part about art and artists is a little more
than half way down the page.
http://www.booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1724
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--- In [email protected], "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> How do you know this? Were you ever an artist living in
communistic Russia?
> Anna
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hrearden_hr
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:31 PM
> Subject: [Libertarian] Re: the truth....
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> Under Soviet communism art was only what the state said was art.
> Artist in the USSR were only artist if the state said they were
> artists. Communism kills art. Art would thrive in a capitalist
> system. Art is what the individual says it is, not what the
state
> says it is.
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> --- In [email protected], "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Under communism, art flourished. For example, neither Bolshoi
> Ballet nor Kirow could ever achieve the artistic excellence they
had
> when they were not "free". What killed art, was capitalism, or
> rather a change of goals, from a spiritual/artistic, to PROFITS
> FIRST.
> > Do you think USA has culture?
> > Please note, that culture is a foundation of every
enlightened
> society.
> > Anna
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: mark robert
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:42 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Re: the truth....
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> > Anna,
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> > A gold-based economy is yet another topic. For purposes of
this
> > discussion, money is a scorecard for the amount of
goods/services
> > produced. In that sense, capitalism "values" art; artists are
> > some of the richest people. Are you also trying to say that
this
> > system doesn't value the spiritual? Wrong again. Capitalism
> > values anything that people value - the more free the
market, the
> > less the difference. If you disagree, please point to
> > non-capitalist places that have bigger churches or more
people
> > with more time and money to pursue all sorts of traditional
and
> > non-traditional "spiritual" goals.
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> > -Mark
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> > This would be only correct if money was backed by the real
goods.
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> > Otherwise money is as good as the paper it is written one.
> > This is actually the situation that USA is now in.
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> > What about other values? A good model must also acknowledge
> > spiritual needs.
> > Where does an artist fit in your society?
> > Anna
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