In a world clogged with art propaganda, we must sneak around the leviathan's unguarded flank: we must make propaganda into art.

I worked for a little over a decade in these environments and saw them decline over time, as competitiveness, personal merit, and actual achievement—even monetary wins—were downgraded in favor of agreeableness, indirect communication, and the ability to share innocuous stories about one’s pets or one’s weekend.