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Originally Posted by Moejoe
We already have one of those in Europe and its been working great for years - government funded arts projects. We have some brilliant theatre, poetry and fiction that exists because of government grants in the UK. The pre-set price belongs to an era when the object itself had a fixed and tangible cost. Paying before you enjoy anything in the digital world seems less and less natural as time goes by. Pay-what-you-like-and-if-you-like is more digital and democratic.
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Yes, you have that in Europe -- bureaucrats spending the 50% the average (!) worker gets deducted from his paycheck every month for everything the bureaucrats deem worthy. I don't feel that that is a good system to replicate! And in spite of those subsidies, tickets for theaters, classical concerts, etc are sky high. The city I was born in has only 250,000 people and spent 50 million Euros to build a theater which puts up performances only some old ladies watch who go there to show off their expensive clothes. How is that for "democratic".