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Originally posted by Raider Mort
Hey dude, have you been to a gallery recently??
They do not exactly give paintings away for free. 
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So now only good art resides in a gallery?
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But on the other hand, you have your starving artists selling their crap on the sidewalk for chmup-change.
Hmm, that is evidence that folks place different monetary values on art, isn't it??
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Well no shit Captain Obvious. And why is that?
How many popular artists died poor and without recognition during their lifetime?
Their art was worthless then, but now its worth something? Why is Monet any better now than he was when he was alive?
Marketing. But we'll come back to that.
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Anyways, what you fail to understand is that society rewards folks for giving society what it wants.
Not what you think it wants, needs, or deserves.
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Since you like to defend Miss Spears as highly valued "art", we shall use her as an example.
Who makes most of the money off the Spears creation? Britney? Or the people who created her and the people who market her?
Your society rewards the people who convince you of what is good.
Again Mr Mort, since you seem to have overlooked it previous, say MTV discovers a little unknown widget and convinces you through advertising that this thing is the coolest shit since sliced bread. You and all your little buddies rush out to buy the widget like good little sheep, the widget is now uberpopular and the people who market the widget are billionaires.
Even though this widget existed for years before MTV latched onto it, was it without value before MTV "gave" it value? Using the Raider Mort theory, yes... the widget was without value because nobody liked it. But after MTV convinced you to buy it, now it is good.
You are told what to value Mort. You cannot think on your own.
You are a consumer at its finest. "If everyone likes it, it must good. If its expensive, it must be good."
Society rewards those who are best at marketing.
The porn I have produced may not be the best in my niche, but because I know how to market it, I make more money off it than someone with a better quality product simply due to the fact that I am better at marketing my inferior product. But using Raider Mort Theory, because I make more than him with my inferior product, I am still better.
And whats marketing? Convincing the sheeple that you have what they need.
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BTW-I'll call you mohammed if I wish. Deal with it. 
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Originally posted by Raider Mort
When you allow your emotions to dominate your argument, it becomes meaningless.
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