UK music worth £8bn: www.ukmusic.org/research-rep... 2027 south korean culture budget: www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/cu... SK to spend ₩31bn on artists social security: en.sedaily.com/culture/2026... BTS 2018 value to SK GDP: sites.lsa.umich.edu/mje/2026/05/...

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SK 2021 music exports: www.researchgate.net/figure/Trend... UK planned spending 2027 (PDF, page 27): assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a5771...

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but the point of this thread is that even from an economic or nationalist point of view, there are plenty of good reasons to fund the arts. thank you for reading. I woke up at 3am and am just killing time til the day starts. interested to hear others' thoughts on what I've said. sources below.

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my personal politics are not in the interest of reforming the state. I don't make art because I want to project soft power for the state or see the numbers go up. I don't want my songs to give people hope so that they can work more efficiently, I just want to give them hope.

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that disenfranchisement is not good for the economy, and it's something that can be improved with access to the arts. making art gives people hope. consuming art can give people hope. 'a happy worker is a productive worker' or whatever.

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