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Comment by tester457

3 years ago

Inflated is not an apt descriptor of artist wages, those are known to be low.

And horse wages (some oats) were low when the car was invented. Yet they were still inflated. There used to be more horses than humans in this country. Couldn't even earn their keep when the Ford Model T came along.

  • You're comparing human artists to horses? Seriously?

    • It's not surprising, they prefer machines to people and call humans "stochastic parrots". The more humans are compared to animals, the more justified they feel writing them off as an expense and doing away with them.

If you're independent selling paintings, sure. Designing packaging or something commercial? 4 hours of work a week for nearly 6 figures. I know a couple graphic designers and they don't do shit for what they're paid.