alex on capitalism

look at all the results of evil american capitalism:

the lightbulb, the aero-plane, the computer, the auto..the list goes on for miles

Artists are competitive animals. Show me an artist who isn't cut throat competitive and I will show you and artist who works in home depot. I paint for myself and not for mankind. I am just very honest about it,. When I was younger I worked for a lot of communist/socialist artists as assistant etc. it was funny how quickly they turned into nazi's once they were your boss. There was no kumbaya there, bubby. My nature does not allow me to be a hypocrite, I am hard wired against it. There is no "do as I say, not as I do" in alex land. When I had employees I would pay them to blow off the day and drink with me when I wasnt in the mood to paint. I come from the Ayn Rand school of thought about art and life. every song ever written and every great painting was painted by a guy or gal sitting in a room trying to better his or her OWN lot. I dont think the messiah bono from u2 has a lot of homeless people living in the extra houses on his property but he sure doesnt mind belting out tunes about such things. As neil peart once said---"I have no heart to lie."