Ted Rall for February 29, 2012
February 27, 2012
March 02, 2012
Transcript:
When civilization began, art was intricate and crafted with care. The medium was basic. Artists were rich. Owners of quarries were poor. (Nice art. I'll pay you anything you want.) Guys too dumb to make art grabbed control of the media. Artists had to suck up to them. (No one buys art from artists anymore. Now they all come to my gallery.) Artists lower power and money. Media barons became rich. (Nice web aggregation site. I'll do anything if you let me be on it.) Media owners spent billions to develop new exquisite devices to distribute art and culture. When civilization ended, media was gorgeous. Art was dead. (Woman: Fart!)
