once again bitterly thinking about the fact that we used to have fairly robust funding for the arts in western countries but that it probably comes up so seldom in discussions now because most people discussing Supporting The Arts online grew up after all of that was gutted and burned to the ground in a reactionary and frequently homophobic and misogynistic frenzy. people will literally start trotting out shit Andrew Carnegie wrote rather than dare to imagine a democratically accountable government that protects arts institutions from The Fucking Market.
sorry, foolish of me, I forgot I live in Seattle where we've figured out the solution to all our problems:
we need more cops. businesses can't afford the fucking rent in the city anymore? maybe they could... if there were more cops. cost of living through the roof? ah this must be because of homeless people, somehow. better move them along... with some more cops. people haven't returned to downtown because we can't zone properly for housing or build public facilities and there's been a hard pivot post covid to work from home? maybe this would change if we just hired another cop. just one more fucking cop, man, we just need to get another cop one more cop will fix it man just one more cop one more cop retroactive raises so we can hire one more cop lower our standards so we can hire one more cop one more cop one more cop one more cop one EMORE COPO ONE MORE COIP ONE MORE COP ONE MORE COP ONE MORE COP ONE MORE COP ONE MORE COP ONE MORE COP ONE MORE COP
