Viscoxites, once the bond, they never leave :)

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Is it an allegory for how society tries to stifle freedom of expression or do I just find it neat
Yes

I think exploitation has always existed in the industry, AI was just more directly impacting us as artists on top of already being exploited. I think enjoying something isn’t the issue (even if it is irksome/disturbing), we just got to boycott when we find out like we did before AI.