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Same for journalists and writers
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I can't speak for the US, but in the UK from the 50s all the way to the 90s there was enough social safety net, affordable housing and government sponsored arts grants for someone from a modest background to be able to hone their craft in acting, music, art, writing, comedy etc.
Nowadays all that's gone (shockingly a lot of it under Labour), and it's only trust fund kids that can afford to spend five years not working a full-time salaried job.
The post-war period was the only time in human history where a person could get rich just through their day job. You could have one parent be a teacher and the other a mechanic and that provided enough security that their kid could afford a guitar and take a chance at being a musician.
And the thing that's so crazy is that "post-war period" describes a time when the country had just spent 6 years getting the shit bombed out of it and expending all its resources into sending troops abroad. If people can rebuild a country and still be able to support a whole family on a single salary, why can't we do the same in a country that's already had that work put in?
(that's a rhetorical question, we all know why)