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YoukaiSlayer posted...

The need for lasting appeal is only if there is scarcity of said content.

No, there's an intrinsic appeal to lasting content. Since the industrial revolution, scarcity has rarely even been a major issue. However, despite the fact that countless things come out every year, you have things produced decades ago (or, in the case of music, plays, and books, hundreds of years ago) which that have stood the test of time and are still enjoyed to this day.

If something created is truly great, it will generally last or be rediscovered. The argument of lasting appeal is a testament to the enduring quality of a work. But conversely if you're carrying your argument that art has no value beyond what it makes for the artist then sure, issues like an artist's legacy go out the window, the quality associated with their art has no meaning, and the only thing that carries any value is the money they're able to get from fans. In that kind of an instance, our starting points are so far apart that we're unlikely to ever see eye-to-eye.

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