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Yeah, everyone claims culture is very important!

Except when the hard times come by - enter Corona - and you simply throw culture overboard. Just like that, as we've seen it. So much about the importance of culture.

And now imagine we'd have a proper hard times. Like war, famine and plague combined.

Who said that? France is one of the few southern European countries that actively sponsors culture and artists, in my opinion better than anyone else.

In the case of France, it's culture is a pretty good chunk of the country's GDP (indirectly via tourism).

And yet, this will stimulate the culture sector by giving 18-year-olds demand that contributes to gdp.