BenzoKane

Photographer/poet/musician/coffee addict

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Do you remember!?

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@InkstainedFox03 @Chas_Terapin @LisaMcGov @TimothyDSnyder The policy of appeasement towards Germany leading up to WW2 was, overall, one of practicality rather than belief. A combination of anti-war sentiment and insufficient available armament in a world recovering from a global economic crisis are the more accurate causes.

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@Cynikaldoc @Chas_Terapin @LisaMcGov @TimothyDSnyder The policy of appeasement towards Germany leading up to WW2 was, overall, one of practicality rather than belief. A combination of anti-war sentiment and insufficient available armament in a world recovering from a global economic crisis are the more accurate causes.

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@DeeJackson89 @itscrystalbee @Sadlolol @Apv_who_laughs @sachgau To further this point, it came up multiple times that Hollywood doesn't take risks with these things. If he was going to have a chance to return to his career it had to be very public so he could clear his name in the public's eyes.

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@Alex_WithTheTic Oddly enough, they're more comfortable towards the end of the day... I think... I might also just be forgetting that it hurts 🤷

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I think the worst thing about orthotics/orthopedics is that it's damn near impossible to tell when something hurts because it's helping or if it hurts because it hurts.

In a related note: The custom inserts I got for my fucked up feet are killing me

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@Andrewwkman @Gamrus3 @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas The first definition listed is more closely related to selflessness or altruism than it is to equity.

I'm assuming that's the one you're looking at because the rest are FAIRLY irrelevant.

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@0xbr3ad @Andrewwkman @reaIXYX @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas Overworked and underpaid are both subjective terms.

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@Andrewwkman @Gamrus3 @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas So if the definition is variable between dictionaries, why was it invalid for me to ask how you personally would define it?

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@Vfor_Velveeta @0xbr3ad @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas As I've already said, I was interested in how he would define it.
Incidentally, everyone here has a dictionary readily available to them.

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@Sammiloola @beck0n_ @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas Do we determine a wage as fair based on the cost of living wherever the work is being done?
Is it a predetermined percentage of expected gross profits per unit? What if the work provided doesn't produce a good or monetizable service, how then do you convert value to a fair wage?

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@Sammiloola @beck0n_ @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas The comfort we experience in the modern world is built on exploitation, historic and present.

Do we define good/bad by what we view as fair? At what point does comfort become important enough to ignore the moral pretext? Furthermore, how do we define fair wages?

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@beck0n_ @Sammiloola @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas Yeah, I entirely agree with that sentiment.

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@Sammiloola @beck0n_ @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas I don't have a substantial disagreement with Warhol, though. If I recall correctly, some of his most popular works are basically just creatively twisting free-use/parody laws.

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@Sammiloola @beck0n_ @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas Not an expert on the subject, but I'm not sure I'd agree that assistants doing the paintings is exploitation. Are they being compensated in any way and are the terms of that compensation predetermined and mutually agreed upon, because that basically sounds like a job.

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@0xbr3ad @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas I didn't see him say or imply that anywhere. Did I miss it or are you telepathic?

All I've seen is trite regurgitation of socially acceptable epithets. That's fine, but it doesn't lend to nuanced thoughts or opinions.

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@eggcasket @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas That is wholly unrelated to the questions I asked.

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@Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas Obviously I'm aware of the textbook definition. I wasn't asking for that. I was asking for YOU to explain YOUR personal interpretation.

But that's cool, you never have to consider alternate viewpoints or nuance if your own opinions are undefined.

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@beck0n_ @Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas It was a pretty obvious hypothetical intended to provoke thought and glean a more nuanced opinion.

However, the two painters I was able to find quickly with a net-worth of $1+Billion are John Currin and Edward Ruscha.

Explain to me why their worth is unrelated to their art.

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@Andrewwkman @Hnoble24 @Rawson99 @Tom_Nicholas Can you define exploitation?
Can you provide a comprehensive list of exploitative actions?
Are you trying to pass something that you feel as fact?

Is it exploitation if an artist becomes a Billionaire by the quality or popularity of their prints?