>>719150741
Monarchs and aristocrats sponsored and bought art and artists services to boost the reputation of their dominion. Nowadays there is barely any incentive to produce beauty so there will be no beauty. Average IQ plummets due to dysgenic democratic incentives. High achievers are disincentivized and punished by increasing tax burden. There is no real aristocracy, everybody is a slave to their respective master states. Coercion is ugly, dont expect high art in such a coercive environment.