The cultural industry is weakened and discouraged: after the concentrated creative efforts, countless streams, after the costly implementation of hygiene regulations, and above all cut off from its audience for weeks and months, the lifeline of every event venue.
In contrast to meat producers, car manufacturers and aircraft operators, the cultural sector does not see itself as a union that rolls up its sleeves when it comes to lobbying.
(You could also say she doesn't really know how to lobby.)
To find out how it's done, just study the demands of the economy in the press releases after the decision on the second lockdown: The real estate industry (yes, you read that correctly: the real estate industry) demands state aid programs, the German Association of Towns and Municipalities substantial financial aid Help, "otherwise we will not recognize our inner cities in the coming year", and the German trade association (HDE) the same compensation for the retail trade that previously received the catering trade: "If the shops are closed, they have to pay 75 percent of the Last year's sales are compensated. Equal treatment dictates that. ”We should do something like that, dear colleagues from art and culture!