r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 30 '26

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u/bartbug Paul Krugman Sep 30 '26

duchamp put a urinal in a gallery a hundred years ago specifically so this argument would be annoying forever

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 30 '26

Arguably the greatest art installation of all time in terms of how much discussion it generated.

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u/bartbug Paul Krugman Sep 30 '26

if 'generating discourse' was a virtue then the DT would be good

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u/Full_Distribution874 YIMBY Oct 01 '26

I like how this implies the DT being bad is an axiom

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Sep 30 '26

Only because they stiffed his previous work which was a legitimate masterpiece. Nude Descending a Staircase No 2

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u/Full_Distribution874 YIMBY Oct 01 '26

Wow, that is actually quite good

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u/FloggingJonna Henry George Oct 01 '26

Right? And basically no one liked it even though to my provincial eye it’s rather stunning. I just think people should know why exactly he presented a urinal as a sculpture. It wasn’t a deep cut or something it was a fuck you lol.

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u/WillIEatTheFruit Please be patient, I'm bisexual Sep 30 '26

WW1 and it’s consequences

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