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roenxi 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists

> Are you arguing that most good writers from history were poor?

No. If I was arguing that I'd have said that.

I'm observing that a lot of great writers had pretty miserable lives and I'm arguing that people should aim to live comfortably.

danlitt 7 months ago [–]

Sorry, I must have misunderstood, I thought you were still on the topic of the subsidy.

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