@solminore
I conducted this test on Facebook precisely because I have very few people involved in the field. Out of about 450 contacts, 15 are professionals. Among other things, I noticed, I believe intentionally, that the professionals abstained—with rare exceptions—from voting for either one or the other, perhaps understanding the purpose of the test and not wanting to bias it.
Coming to the discussions you have addressed so far, I believe it is true that art is not for everyone, just as I believe chocolate is not for everyone (there will surely be a sample of people who do not like chocolate); the problem is that people should be given a taste and made aware of the various types of chocolate before being able to say "chocolate is disgusting." That art is not for everyone is fine with me, but don't you think that the media doesn't even give the user the chance to choose whether this art might please them or not? Let me explain better... To do, let's say generically, culture can be risky for those who must pull the puppet strings, because if the puppet had the intelligence and the ability to choose based on what it had studied, it would probably ask why it is being moved by an idiot. Therefore, the decision not to promote culture seems to me to be a calculated one. It feels like returning to the "flying donkey" tale told to children... In fact, I believe that a people is better controlled if not educated because, faced with a leading question from a good political orator, the ignorant population (in the strict sense of the Latin term ignorans-ignorantis, "that which does not know") is more likely to fall into the trap. Besides, lately, I have been focusing on finding the simplest way to demonstrate the most difficult reasoning. Do we really want to suppose that for the growth of a country, politicians do not know that investing in culture and research is of fundamental importance? If we take the NON-validity of this concept as established, how do we explain the fact that cuts are always made to culture? It is probably a choice! I'll give an example regarding classical music... As good Italian citizens, most of us pay the RAI license fee in order to benefit from a PUBLIC service. Using a public service means that such service must be free from any political current and that the content broadcast by the station must be aimed solely and exclusively at the "improvement" of the living condition (whether physical or mental) of the paying citizen who uses it. Now, on RAI, in the schedule during the hours when viewership share is at its peak, there are the usual tricks: often copies of other American shows, or soap operas and TV series. At 4:30 in the morning, a classical music concert or a cultural program (which probably no one will ever see). However, there is another point to make: if the schedule were changed today and cultural programs were put in the afternoon, at lunchtime, or during prime time, RAI would have to close because the people are now so accustomed and brainwashed that they would no longer appreciate content of a certain depth; no one would watch it, advertising would no longer be sold, and we all know the rest. If we consider that there are people who pay Mediaset about 100 euros to watch Big Brother and stay in front of the television even until 4 in the morning to see these imbeciles moving around inside a house, I don't think I've said anything stupid!! If they had broadcast Big Brother in my grandfather's time, they probably would have made the "first media revolution" in history. Therefore, our only hope is that new generations encounter teachers worthy of the name who transmit not so much culture but a passion for knowledge. The idea of not being satisfied with what someone has decided to show us, but going to look for information on our own. This must change in our country. The task of middle and high school teachers must also be to provide succulent tastes of culture so that an individual can find their passion in one of the cultural branches. But there is little sense of responsibility even in this sector because, except for rare cases, teachers, finding themselves fighting students who are on the verge of vandalism and delinquency, give up and live the life of someone who only wants to make it to the end of the month just to receive some money. I see this Italy as very, very bad, from many, too many points of view, but I won't give up; I hope that sooner or later something will change, it must change! Things cannot hold on like this for much longer...
