Friday, May 07, 2021
Good slogan, not easy to follow
Slogan seen on Tumblr:
Buy art by living artists. The dead ones don't need the money.
Well said. What's more, buying 'great masters' doesn't help any artists at all. It only puts more money into a corrupt trading system that mainly serves as money-laundering.
Unfortunately the living artists and living manufacturers are completely skipping a wide range of good products. Nobody is composing classical music. Nobody is building practical and attractive cars. All four-wheeled vehicles are web-connected and grotesque. Nobody is building analog electronics.
If you want attractive and non-Satanic products, you often have to buy old stuff. I wrestle with this question. There's no simple answer. I try to buy from smaller vendors, and avoid anything connected to Amazon or China, but often the "smaller" vendor is just a cover story for reshipping Amazon.
Labels: Answered better than asked
¶ 9:58 AM
