Principle JustifyDiff: Easy
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Since rich people who like the current system will be the ones paying for art in the future, artists probably won't create work that criticizes that system.
Conclusion: Art in the next century will rarely express social or political ideas that challenge the existing social order.
Reasoning: Artists will be funded primarily by private patrons, and these patrons are almost always supporters of the current social status quo.
Analysis: The futurist is making a leap from the identity of the funder to the content of the creation. This assumes a 'he who pays the piper calls the tune' relationship where artists are either unwilling or unable to bite the hand that feeds them. To justify this inference, we need a principle that explicitly links the political leanings of a patron to the thematic content of the art they support. It’s a cynical but common view of social dynamics: money doesn't just buy the art; it buys the message.
Conclusion: Art in the next century will rarely express social or political ideas that challenge the existing social order.
Reasoning: Artists will be funded primarily by private patrons, and these patrons are almost always supporters of the current social status quo.
Analysis: The futurist is making a leap from the identity of the funder to the content of the creation. This assumes a 'he who pays the piper calls the tune' relationship where artists are either unwilling or unable to bite the hand that feeds them. To justify this inference, we need a principle that explicitly links the political leanings of a patron to the thematic content of the art they support. It’s a cynical but common view of social dynamics: money doesn't just buy the art; it buys the message.
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Unlock Full Passage5.Which one of the following principles, if valid, provides the most support for the futurist's inference?
Correct Answer
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It states that patrons tend not to support artists whose art expresses views opposed to their own. Combined with the facts that artists will largely rely on patrons and that patrons support the social order, it directly yields that subversive art (opposed to that order) will rarely be funded and thus will be rare.
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