I don't know if I could be considered a socialist. I see the goal not as getting paid (as an artist or anything else) but having the opportunity to do something I love and not -have- to be in it for the money. Sort of a post-scarcity, post-necessity, even post-economics type of status quo. I really don't care if the means to that end are socialist, antisocialist, hybrid socialist-capitalist, or even mystical. But I would rather not achieve it by authoritarian means.