dirkturgid

Allowing people to monetize their work is a great thing, since we're not subsidizing them otherwise. We've come to assume that small/independent artists are basically slaves to society, that they do their art for art's sake or for some perpetually growing portfolio for some future hypothetical job, that they have to be a starving artist to be legitimate. Fuck that, these people often create great things and it's great that they can get more direct support and not have to beg for donations.