[MD] SOPA and PIPA

[Tuukka Virtaperko]

Mark, Horse

Mark to Horse:

>  I understand your position as a musician.


Tuukka:

I'm also an artist. But I favor basic income guarantee with the absence of welfare traps. This entails that if a person, for example, needs a guitar and a few gadgets, he can go work into a factory for a few months. Then he's free to quit and make the songs he wants. This is enough for a lot of activity. Movies and big production will of course require more funding.

Thing is, I don't think it makes any sense whatsoever to expect an artist to make a living with his art. It's allowed, sure, but that's it. I don't think artists should be pressured to sell out. It makes them attain a slave mentality in which their purpose is to please the masses instead of really giving people something to think about, that is, creating actually ampliative mental input.

This kind of thinking is not very American, but it has a track record of working. When Americans wonder, why Finland has such high scores in PISA, people don't remember to mention that we don't have private schools here. It's essential, but Americans would prefer not to hear about it, because generally, it does not suit their habits of thinking how things ought to be. The American way of thinking seems to be that people ought to value education as a commercial resource instead of viewing information and knowledge as assets that are not subordinate to commercial matters. True, Pirsig is an exception. He does view this thing like Finns and the Nordic countries in generally do, and to be sure, he has ancestry in Sweden.

Horse, what kind of music do you make? Here's one song by me, in case you are interested: http://www.todellisuudenomistaja.net/?p=2868

-Tuukka