Coincidentally, the "corporate" media in Belgium is also heavily subsidized (as in a significant amount of their revenue is subsidies).
And we also have public media. Yet no credible evidence of the effectiveness of endless subsidies.
If we're going to namedrop economic laws like it means something: Parkinson's law: the art and media sector have become part of the self-perpetuating ineffective bureaucracy.
They do. Do they get attention on corporate media so you hear about them though?
> You'd think Belgium would have some impressive world-class artists
... It does. Are they given exposure in corporate media?
> so many can work unbothered by the oppressive forces of market trends
Being able to afford basic necessities does not, in fact, make artists immune to the "oppressive forces" of the market.
> mediocrity, irrelevance and low-output are the norm.
Ie, Sturgeon's Law.