They wanted fire safety, better sanitation, and better ventilation!
Shays's Rebellion exposed the weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation and led many—including George Washington—to call for strengthening the federal government in order to put down future uprisings.
The Europeans weren’t going to conquer Africa before they realize they needed able bodies to do labor, Such as cotton Pickin and cutting sugar cane......
So it wasn’t necessarily a thought in their head before then .
I think the reason will be similar with why people want to pay to buy a music from the artists today.
Some people just value the existence of art.
During early greek Era, probably there were not many people who can play music since there were no learning material as its today. So the bards from that era probably blessed with raw musical talent
