Just watching an old "Yes, Minister"-episode, "The middle-class rip-off", on art subsidies.
Bernard to Sir Humphrey: - But the people want it!
Sir Humphrey: [calmly] Bernard, subsidy is for art, for culture. [almost furiously] It is not to be given to what the people want! It is for what the people don't want but ought to have! If they really want it they'll pay for it themselves!
So much for populist culture policies!
Bernard to Sir Humphrey: - But the people want it!
Sir Humphrey: [calmly] Bernard, subsidy is for art, for culture. [almost furiously] It is not to be given to what the people want! It is for what the people don't want but ought to have! If they really want it they'll pay for it themselves!
So much for populist culture policies!
