So the art industry is basically a meritocracy, right? Well,

Well, everything is a meritocracy in that sense. If you're really really good at something, someone will be willing to pay you to do that really really good thing.

>>3046340
That is true, and that's why I like it so much. Its not perfect but it is more so a meritocracy than other career paths.
its honest and thats what I like about it.
Still, talent DOES come into play, but not by as much as everyone thinks. Most people kind of fall in between being moderately talents or moderately untalented, theres not many people who are extremely talented and don't have to do any work or people who are extremely inept who have to work thousnads of hours and get almost no where. Its like a bell curve.

>>3046604
My point was that art is more meritocracy than other fields where you don't have to provide a concrete product and being somebody's family means you have a high salary for doing fuckall.

Apparently one person ITT agrees. >>3046608