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		racktash 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ireland is making basic income for artists program... 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 65 days ago [–]

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

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