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Should governments fund national film industries?

For

It protects local culture and storytelling.

Against

Film should survive through market demand, not taxes.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • The best answer, in short: no public funding, no local film industry.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • So many of the great films you see coming from Europe were at least partially funded by government arts grants
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Business leveraging states against each other for taxpayer dollars is not a win win.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • giving these multi-billion dollar conglomerates billions of our taxpayer dollars
    RedditOriginal language: English
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