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As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What defines “irreplaceable art”

A good place to start would be art made by a great artist that can't make it anymore, usually because they are dead.

How much of the earth’s resources are we willing to dedicate to “culturally significant, irreplaceable things”

I don't think the footprint of the world's art museums would even show up on a chart when you consider waste or climate impact.

I'm not arguing to "prosecute oil as hard as these folks" because that's not the discussion we're having. That's just what-about-ism. But since you asked, I think just about every C level in the oil industry should be in prison for the harm they have caused and the coverups they conspired to perpetrate while doing it. That's not relevant to the discussion of 'activists' trying to destroy art to get headlines.

I agree with their message, I completely disagree with the method of delivery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So only art in museums is culturally significant? Made by artists who are dead? What about buildings? Religious places? Graveyards? Note that these are things I called out in my first comment so I’m not trying to move the goalposts here. You highlighted the Taliban destroying cultural places so, by your definition, we must include those and since we can’t displace any new ones must be added.

I completely disagree that the footprint of the world’s art museums is minuscule. Museums today already have problems with storage. In order to meet your definition for art, museums must continue to expand their collections. As the number of people grows, the number of artists grows, increasing the supply of art. How do you define “great artist” without proportionally increasing the number? As fields specialize, so too do the “great artists” that define mediums.

What about books? Records? Movies? How do we decide what to keep here?