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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Oh, come now. Even if there might be debate about whether certain fringe phenomena (pastiche etc.) should count as "art" rather than kitsch, you're surely not advocating '80s relativism, where everyone's opinion, no matter how unsubstantiated and unmotivated, was just as good as anyone else's?
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It makes as much sense as deciding that the majority's opinion, no matter how unsubstantiated and unmotivated, is superior to mine simply by being the majority. Art is not the same for everyone... art is what moves YOU. The majority has no business deciding that for individuals.
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
I could do without all the porn novels, the Browns, etc., just as well as I could do without singer X, who doesn't write her own music, but just sings the lyrics she's told to sing to "the best of her ability."
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Fortunately, you are free to not buy them if you don't want to. But someone else who appreciates them should have the right to buy them if they do want to. Or are we to decide, for individuals and artists, which of them deserve to get paid, and which ones must be forced to give their work away for free? Based on what criteria? Majority decision?
The moment art is dictated by the majority, is the moment you lose art.