Potap [she/her]

I don’t think anyone will want to translate thirty paragraphs of insane ramblings, but if anyone has specific questions about the text I can answer them. Scihub is awesome, but all evidence points to the fact that Elbakyan is mentally unwell.

Mood

But that’s the thing, good art isn’t just about what most people want or what’s popular. Some would even argue that art that touches some people in a way that is not mathematically quantifiable is more important than a quality people pleasing product with mass appeal.

The guy was fired for attending some sort of white pride event so it probably is.

My point is that what art to invest into is a serious problem even for socialism, in a way something more tangible like which chairs to make isn’t. Le Guin acknowledged this in the Dispossessed where in her anarchist utopia there is this composer who had tensions with art establishment because his work was too experimental and daring.

Soviet model substitutes profit motive for a commission of people distinguished in the field put there by party leadership. Is it better? Maybe. Still, commissions like that did fuck up a lot.

So wait, are good nazis good or bad? Was Schindler bad? Was Canaris good?

No, seriously, did Canaris’ help actually have any effect or was he just a meme?

Eh, “this luxury segment of entertainment industry would be better for its current middle class target audience under socialism” isn’t a take I nessary buy. Creative fields aren’t as easy to quantify as production of coal and socialist countries have a sad history of artists being screwed over by bureaucrats.

It excludes designers and artists I guess.

It’s also published on his site.

My man former PM of Malaysia with a nuclear take.