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Im so fucking pissed off you have no idea. An unfortunately that would make this art

#for anyone saying 'how would this be fascism' ill break it down art historian style#during wwii/the holocaust one of the things that nazism predominantly used as a means of attacking jewish people/other 'undesireables'#was by eliminating and eradicating 'fringe art' 'fringe music' 'fringe literature' and other things considered impure/unsightly.#because once you begin arguing the rights of art to exist you can begin policing the places in which people gather to create or share art#additionally by eradicating 'undesirable' literature they were able to largely destroy and control the history accessible for people#not just history but fiction as well#see: the nazi book burnings#art that makes you uncomfortable is typically a means to accessing the lives and experiences of people not like you#because to understand others we must go outside of what makes us comfortable. what defines the 'self'#nazism/fascism cannot let this happen. they need to cut that off as quickly as possible lest you begin to question their authority#and sympathize with 'the other' 'the enemy'#to argue the intrinsic value of ANY art's right to exist opens to gates to this sort of debate. the idea that something that makes us#uncomfortable is morally wrong. or serves no purpose#which is fascinating to me. i would not say my life has been defined by suffering. but it has been fettered by discomfort.#but i think that because of that ive discovered discomfort to the one of the most important feelings#and a bridge to kinder ones. and empathy