>>7588751 (OP)>>7588824https://youtu.be/BsyHQgiem8c
The big secret is that general-purpose welfare funds artists, indiscriminately, no matter what kind of art they make, their message, stances or subject matter. It does so both directly (poor artists) and indirectly (people who fund artists instead of drinking/etc.)
No mainstream political camp will ever admit this despite it making them all seethe, because it would be political suicide and shift the general conversation around in ways that would benefit none of them.
It's done this for a century. You notice patterns over time with artist biographies, where they were sleeping in boarding houses or tenements or other such things, but rarely is it ever emphasized or admitted like in the Wham! Rap...