> Art has value for its own sake. It will not topple fascism, but that’s not art’s job. Nor should it be. It’s our job.
If art has any role to play in the struggle, it is to channel people toward collective action, not to act as a substitute for it.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-expect-art-to-save-us
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