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“During the Vietnam War, every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
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I’m skeptical of both causal path from artists to broader protests (it’s a bit of a conceit to think masses need the leadership of artists to act politically) and of the degree to which protests ended the war over other factors (like military itself wanting out of the mission)