W.E.B. Du Bois once wrote that “all art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists.” Fortunately, I think most people disagree with him. Most agree that there is a meaningful distinction between art and propaganda, and that the intelligent person can easily discern between the two. Unlike propaganda, art refuses…
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