Think about just how many Nazis got away with fascism only a few decades ago. How so many of them, have not been arrested after the holocaust. They have not been held to account - AT ALL. Because that is a feature of this system. It subjugates and oppresses to maintain an artificial sense of order and hierarchy.Think about why the rich only ever hang out with other rich people. Even though they truly can't stand each other. Being in proximity to whiteness and money, feels safer, because being in proximity to poverty, and to people of colour and their struggles and lived reality, inevitably forces them to question their existence and purpose in life. It would be absolutely frightening to admit that, achieving their privilege by accumulating the kind of wealth that can never be spent, only inherited, while others suffered around them is morally and ethically intolerable. That is why they hoard land and artworks that are meant to be in a museum. The real estate gives them a buffer from the dirt and grime of the masses, and the looting of art, turns beauty and joy into commodities they can procure at will. An addition to their collection of pure vanity, a desperate attempt to prove they have "taste" and "sophistication" as a way to distract themselves from the fact that their empires were built on the backs and blood of slaves.To take away from a publicly accessible gallery, so that other people no longer get to appreciate a masterpiece, is the epitome of selfish arrogance. And these are the people you choose to vote for? These are the people you call "successful" and that you want to emulate?We don't need more billionaires. We need artists, and philosophers, and book readers. We don't need soldiers, we need lovers and chefs and trees — big, beautiful trees.
