It’s sad that in America the only way we get interesting performance art like traditional Chinese dance is because of millions of dollars from the NED/USAID to promote anticommunist propaganda. Like, if you ever wonder why there aren’t more traveling dance troupes with the reach of Shen Yun, it’s because the model is inherently unprofitable under late-stage capitalism. They can only do it because of insane government handouts.
A functional country would have a Department of Arts and Culture, but the only arts and culture the U.S. government funds is media that benefits another goal of the U.S. state through changing public opinion.
Oh I was not aware of that tidbit. Thanks for the heads up.
It’s sad that in America the only way we get interesting performance art like traditional Chinese dance is because of millions of dollars from the NED/USAID to promote anticommunist propaganda. Like, if you ever wonder why there aren’t more traveling dance troupes with the reach of Shen Yun, it’s because the model is inherently unprofitable under late-stage capitalism. They can only do it because of insane government handouts.
A functional country would have a Department of Arts and Culture, but the only arts and culture the U.S. government funds is media that benefits another goal of the U.S. state through changing public opinion.