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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 304140" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>While I don't discount your points at all, I don't think we <em>need</em> to adjust our focus at all. It's not about politics, and I have no desire to turn this into a political debate. You could set this any place in the world where art grows out of poverty and need in the midst of political oppression and find an example to learn from. The thought that, "Many of us would be basking in the sunshine of a Havana beach, sipping Cuban rum.", validates the very attitude I find troubling in myself - that because of my level of disposable income I'm happy to replace and consume with little thought to what I have already and what I can do with it. </p><p></p><p>While I mourn the struggle of the Cuban people, I admire their spirit. Through music and the arts I have made many friends who have escaped the land of their oppression with the creative spirit born of it intact, and they are a powerful force. My own immediate ancestors struggled under oppression in the Soviet Union, being labeled as Kulaks, having the land originally given to them by the government stripped away by the same as they were marched off to Siberia. The world is a nasty place, but much greatness rises from that oppression. We who live largely in comfort have a lot to learn from that, because it may not always be like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 304140, member: 9240"] While I don't discount your points at all, I don't think we [I]need[/I] to adjust our focus at all. It's not about politics, and I have no desire to turn this into a political debate. You could set this any place in the world where art grows out of poverty and need in the midst of political oppression and find an example to learn from. The thought that, "Many of us would be basking in the sunshine of a Havana beach, sipping Cuban rum.", validates the very attitude I find troubling in myself - that because of my level of disposable income I'm happy to replace and consume with little thought to what I have already and what I can do with it. While I mourn the struggle of the Cuban people, I admire their spirit. Through music and the arts I have made many friends who have escaped the land of their oppression with the creative spirit born of it intact, and they are a powerful force. My own immediate ancestors struggled under oppression in the Soviet Union, being labeled as Kulaks, having the land originally given to them by the government stripped away by the same as they were marched off to Siberia. The world is a nasty place, but much greatness rises from that oppression. We who live largely in comfort have a lot to learn from that, because it may not always be like this. [/QUOTE]
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