It’s just not ubiquitous. And to say that paying a woodworker to carve intricate details is a useless waste of their time strikes as insulting to the craftsman in any time period.
I mean, even under the most cynical representation, the patrons of the classical period were a bunch of wankers too. But I wouldn’t besmirch the musicians, or the music, or what came of it in modern times.
I hear ya. There’s a line somewhere when people become shitty rich. I’m just not sure that line is at … has a nice dining room table with carved feet or some shit. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well tickle me with a feather. Not every nice thing is a cynical display.
I craft many things, however I only display my wealth with ostentatious hats I obtain from a madman.
That artistry still exists but it costs more. The “products we buy” are cheap mass maufactued products that sell to a broad market. It’s not just a pennies here and there difference.
Although, that can be a reason cheap products become basically disposable and that’s completely lame, agreed.
Also plenty of craftsmen make beautiful shit without being rich. Bragging rights is a weird way to say creative effort in that sense.
Masturbatory self righteousness more like.
The point about a county not being able to be pacifist the way that an individual can be is the same reason that the requirements proposed would require universal adoption. The aim of pacifism is irrelevant when it’s the target.
I agreed with this up until the ‘and’.
Ya, everyone supports workers until the bill arrives.
3 seems to contradict 1 otherwise it wouldn’t be a moral duty.
My kids bring me great joy. I share my hobbies with them and adopt theirs. Spending time with them is not a loss or hindrance. Having kids is not for everyone and that’s fine, but the negativity online it outright toxic.
Everyone on the planet adopting religious anarchism is a lofty goal to be sure.
Abolish all states would be the much higher bar required.
Once a statement like that comes out, you’ve lost the plot completely.
They’re taking on extreme cases a lot of the time. Not always defendable, to be sure, but there is a reason the animals end up there. But “Kennels” vary greatly in their strategies and environment, generally.
There are shelters that are open access and take in all that show up. Which get criticism from the “no kill” shelter movement which do not. Violent and very sick animals exist among the large populace and not all want to deal with that fact and pawn off the hard decisions to others.
There are also shelters with extensive fostering programs that have a goal of changing the adoption environment entirely.
At the end of the day they all do good work in a tough, often unrecognized, field.
Been studying French on and off since high school, but still don’t feel far along at all. Ha. Much better than my Spanish and German though!