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Ann Racuya-Robbins
Founder and CEO World Knowledge Bank www.wkbank.com
Robert,
I agree that art is no refuge from the consequences of ideas
or manipulation by economic or political forces. This is why among other
things I have created a new and practical economic paradigm through which an
individual?s financial rewards for his or her actions and his or her values can
be closely aligned with boundaries and limitations for those that want to
destroy life. I wish and welcome all of your experimentation with this economic
paradigm at www.wkbank.com. Why not try it? I don?t think though there is any
category or class of human activity that is immune from manipulation. I do think
some economic systems make manipulation more likely and more grievous, an
obvious extreme examples would be slavery, indenture servitude?etc. But any
inference that artists might attain or retain a higher character by doing their
work for free is not only wrong in my view but creates more suffering. We might
well be reminded of how judges of our highest court are treated in the US. They
will never be billionaires but they will live with enough resources to keep
their minds on their work.
ARR
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