Comment by JCTheDenthog

Governments have long funded artistic projects. I'm sure some people oppose government funding for the arts, but there's nothing unusual about it. Obviously, not all artists get government funding, but such funding is an established process.

It’s hard to tell how it works as and the link is dead. https://feministhackerspaces.cargo.site/Supporters

However in a brief visit to Vienna I was blown away by the city. It’s amazing, and wish my city had a fraction the arts, sites and budget that Vienna seems to have had for a huge period of time.

Where do you see taxpayer funding? It looks like the hack space has gov funding - but i didn’t see any acknowledgement of grants for this project.

Probably not, generally Western Europe has a very different opinion compared to the US when it comes to funding the arts.

Euros generally understand that taxes aren't purely for what they themselves want to be done.

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