>>713069029it's not the taxes, japan has higher taxes, but their cost of living is lower and their government and economy works
it's the whole cost of living/housing here that sucks all your money away, so you can't spend time making anything
>>713069103>there is a dozen different hoops you need to go through to get funded by the Government or the ABCpolitical correctness aside, well yeah, it's taxpayer money, not your personal piggybank
the gov shouldn't fund people's hobbies
if the gov funds the arts, it will be politically correct, no way round it