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Originally Posted by Giggleton
If this spare time is so valuable, and more of it results in more worthwhile art, why are we not devoting more resources to create more spare time? I would love to be able to wake up and say, "Well, looks like all my time is spare today, I think I will create."
Davinci's work was his art.
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How are we to devote more resources to create more spare time? Is the government to pay artists so they can create? If so, how is it decided who to pay? And just where would the money come from? If you don't want to pay each author individually for their work (making it their job) then how is the 'group' picked. How are new authors found?
Do you have a job you get paid for? If so, how would you feel if your boss said "you should be happy just to do the work and you won't get paid". I have a hunch you wouldn't work for too long for that boss.
If someone takes a vow of poverty they cannot expect everyone else to support them in any and all endeavors they wish to pursue. By that thinking then everyone should do the same and we would all starve to death. why should the farmers plant and harvest, or profit from their labors?
I think you will find that a truly Utopian society has never successfully existed, there are always someone who gets the shaft and has to do all the work.
Davinci had someone who supported him and he was paid for his work. He didn't create for free and just give his stuff away.