So let’s say I wanted to become a painter in the USSR how would I achieve that. I know that you could go to school for say engineering and then get assigned a job when you got out of school so did it work the same way for artistic endeavors? Or would you first get assigned a job and then in your free time pursue the artistic endeavor. Basically, were you an artist first, or where you say a steelworker who was an artist second until you got enough of a base to pursue being an artist full time?
Terrible take. I hope you challenge yourself to change this perspective soon. This is literally what lib CEOs in the states believe. Don’t be like them.
Art is socially necessary.
Identity and reflection are important for civilization. I would think there would be a lot of support for the arts and the development of culture.