As an artist, I think it is a net negative for us. Disregarding the copyright issue, I think it’s also consolidating power into large corporations, going to kill learning fundamental skills (rip next generation of artists), and turn the profession into a low skill minimum wage job. Artists that spent years learning and perfecting their skills will be worth nothing and I think it’s a pretty depressing future for us. Anways thoughts?
I appreciate it and I haven’t given up on being open to communism. This has just left a sour taste in my mouth because like religion (I myself would consider myself to be some sort of Christian), art is something that is deeply spiritual and sacred to many people’s lives. Some people have devoted their lives to it and deserve to be able to share it. It isn’t just something that people enjoy doing for a job, it is much deeper than that.
I’ve seen a lot of hate toward art and spirituality in ML circles and it is disappointing. At the end of the day, because of this and because I’m LGBT, I’m worried I can’t trust a lot of the people in the ideological circle.