“But no socialist nation has ever produced a truly healthy artistic economy” surely depends on how you define socialist nation (and indeed economy). Arguably the social democratic nations in Scandinavia (underpinned by significant public funding for the arts and for artists) have very healthy and exportable artistic economies.
Probably shoulda been more specific. But those countries are undeniably capitalist, with a thin layer of socialism that is sparsely effective when it comes to art.
“But no socialist nation has ever produced a truly healthy artistic economy” surely depends on how you define socialist nation (and indeed economy). Arguably the social democratic nations in Scandinavia (underpinned by significant public funding for the arts and for artists) have very healthy and exportable artistic economies.
Probably shoulda been more specific. But those countries are undeniably capitalist, with a thin layer of socialism that is sparsely effective when it comes to art.