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Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2025
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Many many many popular historical artists were not popular in their own time. The if it's be an artist or go work for a living, that's still people paying for things in their communities for however long that is. It's entirely worth it even if they just create content. It's a fair place to start imho
The overwhelming majority of the EU population works in services industries, whereas we lack specialized tradespeople like construction specialists. If forced to choose, I'd rather see that UBI go to them to support an early retirement plan for those underapreciated classes that have physically demanding work. Anyone can be an artist, especially if we don't need to have two jobs to make rent.
Perfect being the enemy of good.
Man it's gotta got to start somewhere. The full value of such a system will not be seen in our life times.
But if "anyone can be an artist" I'll argue then that is actually the very best place to start this.
Young, old, decrepit, disadvantages, anyone can claim an artist UBI? Fucking great! That sounds like a feature not a bug
Work on your own terms, your own needs, within your own choices. Fucking great.
I've lived where the first thing they gets cut from every budget is the Arts.
That certainly hasn't made the world a better place to live because "work" is always going to be a dog eat dog world where you don't collaborate you compete. Your usefulness is only determined by how much value can be extracted from you without a care for your well being.
Arts are useless? Can't make rent with an arts degree? Well guess what now everyone can.
I really don't understand why you are so pissed about this and seemingly(my interpretation, I could be wrong) uninterested in looking at how this can be good the way it is.