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the-dude on Nov 3, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: In 1886, the US commissioned watercolor paintings ...

How romantic. The practice at the time was though : in order to get the benefit, one had to produce a piece once in a while, so there were deadlines.

So lots of people smashed some paint on a canvas at that point in time and called it a painting.

Others might call this a scam or embezzlement. In particular when one is paying for it.

mrWiz on Nov 3, 2023 [–]

Sure, but the alternative discussed here is handing over the money to people that haven't produced art, mediocre or otherwise. This could hardly be considered more a scam or embezzlement scheme than that system.

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