Issue190 【0706G－LOVEAW小组大贴】第十四次作业

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The speaker asserts that if there still exists social problems like some people are facing difficulties to survive, the use of public resource to support the art is inappropriate. As far as I am concerned, such kind of social problems have long been existing for some reason, we can not wait until all of them are solved and then begin to support art, as art also plays an important role in this society. To some extent, art may serve to help solve these social problems.

Such social problems like starvation and unemployment have long been existing in human's history. Efforts have been taken by our precedents, and they proved to be hard or even impossible to be solved thoroughly. Many facts contribute to this result. One person named Owen once tried to solve these kind of social problems by building a castle to be isolated from the general public to build a small society. What he wished was to build the small society that can make every member of the small society work together and share the same public resources so that social problems that frequently occurred outside the castle can be prevented. But his plan turned out to be unrealistic, as without competition, the society's efficiency turned out to be fairly low. His failure indicates that solving social problems like starvation and unemployment is a long-term and complex mission. Solely depend on extra public resources spent on them is unrealistic. Does that mean we should never support the arts with public resources?

Moreover, giving extra public resources to solve such social problems may cause other social problems. Those who are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive may continue demanding the extra support after benefiting from this extra help. To some extent, this may well explain why every year our government spent so many money on helping those who do not have a job, but the total number of the unemployment is still at a high rate despite the improving economic condition. If people want better living conditions, they should fight for it, instead of waiting for the government to help them.

On the other hand, public resources to support arts may help in solving the social problems. First, at least, the support used to support art activities may provide more job opportunities which may be griped by those who do no have a job. Further, arts, as a vital part of our society, as well as science, serve an important role in building one's personality. The importance of arts should not be neglected. To some extent, arts may help those who meet with social problems like starvation and unemployment in encouraging them. The use of public resources to support the arts may help arts thrive in the society, and as a result, may encourage more people to fight for their future. Thus, arts may help solve the problems.

In sum, despite that arts may help in solving social problems; we should never wait until they are solved and then begin to support arts. This is both unrealistic and inefficient as it is discussed above.

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