A rather subtle thought just occurred to me that explains why artistic pursuits so often correlate with use of weapons of the weak.
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It's because WotW are often only capable of destruction, so if you don't pair them with a creative pursuit, they'll rot your soul. So many instinctively do so.
By contrast weapons of the powerful often are just the destructive aspect of technology that also has a creative side.
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For eg. airplanes can both help civilians travel (creative use), and be used as fighter planes to kill people (destructive use).
By contrast, the technology of organizing a protest really cannot create good policy. It can only block bad policy.
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There are some apparent positive aspects, for eg. "wisdom of the crowds" but if you poke at it you realize it doesn't work. Wisdom of crowds relies on *private* knowledge pooled properly, ie, the exact opposite of imitative hive-mind thought turned into a weaponized mob-thought.
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I honestly can't think of a true weapon of the weak that also has a creative aspect to it. So one must be added to create a balance in the Force. So... you end up making art instinctively.
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The more tightly integrated the art is, in the weapon-of-the-weak, the more effective. For eg. satire is a weapon of the weak that is both a destructive weapon and an art form. It can't create, but it can be used with almost no soul-damage.
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Arts conducive to the collective mental health of weak groups using WotW-- satire, comic books, street theater, graffiti.
Not so healthy: public art installations, officially commissioned murals (too distinct from the associated weapon)
Neutral -- live music concerts.
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another one is what David Mamet calls "the problem play" which I think are a WotW and destructive.
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