In what ways, if any, do the arts (including writing, poetry, drawing, painting, dance, sculpture, theater, film, etc.) benefit society? Are there any ways in which they harm society?
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The arts are like dessert. Doing all the boring and stressful survival stuff is like eating your necessary but not so tasty vegetables, and after you do that… dessert. And no, unlike dessert there is no way in which arts can harm society.
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But how it can harm society… that’s a more difficult, and interesting, question to me. People can use art and rhetoric to change society to their own selfish ends. People can use it to promote hate.
Hm. Now I’m wondering how can I turn my poetry towards evil…
The arts are like dessert. Doing all the boring and stressful survival stuff is like eating your necessary but not so tasty vegetables, and after you do that… dessert. And no, unlike dessert there is no way in which arts can harm society.
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Free therapy! Among other things.
But how it can harm society… that’s a more difficult, and interesting, question to me. People can use art and rhetoric to change society to their own selfish ends. People can use it to promote hate.
Hm. Now I’m wondering how can I turn my poetry towards evil…
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Haha, how about bad cooking! You could kill someone with that shit
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