I mean, it's not just about the tools themselves, it's more about a generalized access to culture as a whole - US media specifically is so incredibly reference-ladden (and not just recently, though it has intensified) that you need to have seen, read, listened to 'the classics' and the 'b-sides' and the 'underground' and more, to truly get contemporary stuff with all the little throwaway lines and visual callbacks and hints at other, older media... there's barely enough time in a life to fit all that stuff in, let alone money to buy or rent it.
but yea, there's definitely room for improvement after the revolution lol
What if you were paid the true value of your labor, could you afford your tools then?
Revolution could be us but you playin'.
I mean, it's not just about the tools themselves, it's more about a generalized access to culture as a whole - US media specifically is so incredibly reference-ladden (and not just recently, though it has intensified) that you need to have seen, read, listened to 'the classics' and the 'b-sides' and the 'underground' and more, to truly get contemporary stuff with all the little throwaway lines and visual callbacks and hints at other, older media... there's barely enough time in a life to fit all that stuff in, let alone money to buy or rent it.
but yea, there's definitely room for improvement after the revolution lol
Digital tools cost very little to produce (compared to physical tools) so their price should reflect that, idealy.