Photography already killed art. It’s nowhere near as popular as it was before photography. It’s now becoming a time when commissioned works can be popularized as well. So art made by humans becomes even more niche.

Hey, I’m sorry for the roof thatchers and knife sharpeners out there, and what happened to their profession. The Appalachians and West Virginia is dirt poor because coal mining isn’t what it used to be.

Why do “artists” think they’re holy and should be protected?

Why do “artists” think they’re holy and should be protected?

Has anyone ever implied that it’s just artists? Automation putting people out of work has always been a major fear, and has been realized over and over again. It’s not “just artists,” it just so happens that art is the current domino to fall.

Oh my goodness, do I need to spell this out?

IT’S THE POST. The very post we’re commenting on is an example of how art is trying to be shielded from the advances of technology whereas coal miners knife sharpeners roof thatchers… everybody watched them starve and nobody cared.

They were clapping while the miners were sent into starvation. People were dying and we were clapping because an industry we didn’t like went away. It’s all because “Art Lovers” are rich and elitist that they want an outcry. Which of us has a collection of art, or even one piece? Nobody who thinks about paying bills I’ll bet.

Maybe it’s time we automate all the work away and realize that our individual existence doesn’t need to depend on our contributions to society (*based on availability, time of year, race, luck-of-birthplace, shareholder whims)

If art is dead, it’s because it wasn’t readily manufacturable enough for capital. Most things aren’t. Why do we continue to let them rule everything? It’s clearly not working.

…and as long as we’re dreaming, I’d like a pony.

If it was possible to automate all jobs, capitalism would’ve done it by now. Robots are always cheaper than human workers.