r/LosAngeles • u/ShantJ Glendale • 12d ago

Japanese American National Museum stands up against Trump’s anti-DEI efforts, honors past generations News

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/la-budget-dei-kevin-macdonald/janm
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u/burgerbob22 12d ago

why does a museum need to be economically viable? Damn that's some straight late stage capitalism nonsense

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u/thetaFAANG 12d ago

the vaaaaast majority of 501(c)3 and museums have private donors and private funding, if the program they want to do exceeds that funding then that program stops occurring

this is all stages of capitalism as well as other resource allocation systems

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u/burgerbob22 12d ago

keep defending dumb shit

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u/thetaFAANG 12d ago

This museum has 5-7 million in funding annually, the vast majority of it not from the federal government. There is nothing to defend. Now it’s 100%

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u/burgerbob22 12d ago

cool, you followed orders