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Ah, we're doing ideological calipers again. This is my liberal pet peeve because art history does not bear this out. The entire canon of the first half of the 20th century was literally funded by the progenitors of fascism and the CIA.

The reason this viewpoint bugs me so much is it's emblematic of the liberal mindset that having good taste or opinions means you are correct in all things and not susceptible to reactionary thinking. It absolves a lack of self criticism and approves any misconduct as unavoidable.

this is a great point and a great observation - once we see our condemnation of fascism as resting on some inherent and retroactive immunity to it, we're making a big mistake (in analysis and in self-awareness). and i gotta say, "ideological calipers" is such a perfect phrase, thank you for that