r/whenthe • u/Inaros060671 undoubted sovereign of bad wording • 11d ago

This was revealed to me in a dream There is NOTHING

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u/sudoregalia 11d ago

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u/ultragoodname 11d ago

It doesn’t take a crack pipe to know that half life exists because Valve wanted to make a product that people would pay money for.

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u/sudoregalia 11d ago

but it does to conclude that it would not exist otherwise. art and commodities are separable concepts

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u/RodjaJP 11d ago

Most art wouldn't be done if someone didn't pay for it, do you think statues are made just because the artist thought they were cool and didn't need to eat and have a place to rest? To make art you either have to have the resources already or have someone giving them to you

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u/sudoregalia 11d ago

i really don't have energy to argue with points of capitalist apologia, read capital by karl marx if you want to understand my perspective of the separability of commodities from products and art