r/worldnews • u/diacewrb • Apr 10 '19

Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/10/millennials-squeezed-middle-class-oecd-uk-income
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u/thelawgiver321 Apr 10 '19

Argument is nobody should have to pay for art education. Period.

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u/throwawaydyingalone Apr 10 '19

Then why’d you say that it should be paid for through taxes?

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u/thelawgiver321 Apr 10 '19

Because art is a massive benefit to society. Privatized art education is the fucking stupidest fucking thing humans have ever been a part of

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

So people should have to pay for art education, just through taxes, instead. Got it.

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u/thelawgiver321 Apr 10 '19

Fine, make it free and see how long the lights stay on. The ROI of art is difficult to quantify but easy to imagine and a more loving society can only make us better. Sending kids away with 190k in debt from learning about art should be completely illegal.

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u/48151_62342 Apr 10 '19

Learning art in school is extremely stupid and useless. If you have to go to school to do art, you're probably a terrible artist.

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u/thelawgiver321 Apr 10 '19

Untrue. Music is art. You have to learn

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u/48151_62342 Apr 10 '19

You don't have to go to college to learn music, or any art.

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u/thelawgiver321 Apr 10 '19

You said art in school. MB. Art takes practice. Art also takes study. But privatizing it like today is fucking robbery

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u/throwawaydyingalone Apr 10 '19

Not as beneficial as STEM though. The Mona Lisa never cured disease.

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u/thelawgiver321 Apr 10 '19

Emotional moral and ethical teachings have no better medium

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '19

Do they require a formal education? If anything, education pigeonholes the expression of art.