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Ep. 79: Politics Doesn't Care About Your Art

Young Heretics

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The Natural Aristo, the Natural Elit, the Natural Aristoi

In Plato's republic book three, a controversial part of the text is all about banning the poets. What kind of art should our upper classes be allowed to read and think about? And we're going to get into this because it's an issue that's incredibly live in our society right now. It flared up not too long ago with this dave chapel special onnet flex where he was doing stand-up comedy. Comedy is a long standing tradition of art performance on stage, ri sting, stand ov comedy. We believe transpeople must be protected by the state, that art has to be closed off, it has to be fenced around or kicked out.

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