DISQUS

Cultural preservation in the interest of monetary gains is not necessarily inconsistent. It is just Reality.

It is people who do not want to recognize the utility of money in keeping alive any preservation efforts that is missing the point. Because then it is just being Smug and those people are just bunch of hippies.

Patrons of arts, cultures and all other finer things in life are generally, those of the affluent who could afford their time and money to give a feck about those stuffs. 'Cos without having to worry about money, people just have to go looking for something to worry about. This common rich men's exercise is also known as having a Purpose in Life (TM) to them.

Try telling a poor ass Indian man why he should not steal and sell off tiles from the Taj Mahal to tourists for money to feed his starving wife and 6 kids at home and I'll tell you that Van Gogh is only relevant today because there are rich people who would pay exorbitant prices to make his work valuable. Otherwise, he'd just be another silly dead dude to the next starving African kid. Well, at least he didn't die of hunger.

Cultures, arts and the value of a Big Mac are pretty much similar to your ideals- they are all Relative.

we'll prolly be in the same set for album leaf. enjoy the show.

oh my, an 18 year-old girl who can write a'lil.