@ helios I think my argument is getting twisted into something it's not.
"What tells us if it really IS art is if it adheres to our definition (idea) of art"
but everyone's idea or definition of art IS different.
"Perhaps you could argue that something is art "from humanity's perspective" if a majority of all humans agreed upon it"
What other perspective is there?
All i'm saying is that if everyone has a different idea of what art is there is no such thing as "true, universal art." Therefore the only job of the artist in a capitalist society should be to appeal to the largest majority they can achieve with their products.
Who determines what art or quality is? the critics? the artists? It is the majority of the people.
"Pier was a chef, a gifted and respected chef who made millions selling his dishes to the residents of New York City and Boston, he even had a famous jingle playing in those cities that everyone knew by heart. He also had a restaurant in Los Angeles, but not expecting LA to have such a massive population he only used his name on that restaurant and left it to his least capable and cheapest chefs. While his New York restaurant sold kobe beef for $100 and his Boston restaurant sold lobster for $50, his LA restaurant sold cheap hotdogs for $30. Initially these hot dogs sold fairly well because residents of los angeles were starving for good food and hoped that the famous name would denote a high quality, but most were disappointed with what they ate. Seeing the success of his cheap hot dogs in LA, Pier thought "why bother giving Los Angeles quality meats when I can oversell them on cheap hotdogs forever, and since I don't care about the product anyways, why bother advertising them? So Pier continued to only sell cheap hotdogs in LA and was surprised to see that they no longer sold. Pier's conclusion? Residents of Los Angeles don't like food."
"The so-called "hardcore" gamer is a marketing brainwashed, innovation shunting, self-righteous idiot who pays videogame makers far too much money than what is delivered."
