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	==Bourgeois art==		==Bourgeois art==

	Under bourgeois [[cultural hegemony]], most art is slop. In the name of "abstract art", the bourgeois consume completely meaningless splatter they call "art". Many people believe this is purely a money laundering scheme, but actually that is only partly true. The bourgeois (and unproductive [[~~lumpens~~\|lumpen]]) genuinely enjoy abstract slop.		Under bourgeois [[cultural hegemony]], most art is slop. In the name of "abstract art", the bourgeois consume completely meaningless splatter they call "art". Many people believe this is purely a money laundering scheme, but actually that is only partly true. The bourgeois (and unproductive [[lumpenproletariat\|lumpen]]) genuinely enjoy abstract slop.

	==Socialist art==		==Socialist art==

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	==Socialist art==		==Socialist art==

	The early Soviet Union had various art trends. This was a result of the intellectuals		The very early Soviet Union had various art trends. This was a result of the intellectuals and stopped when Stalin took over. The futurist trend also could have been due to the circumstances of destruction in the civil war and the need for hope despite a bleak reality.

	The proletariat and other productive classes tend to enjoy realism - they make real life beautiful, and make beauty reflect real life.		The proletariat and other productive classes tend to enjoy realism - they make real life beautiful, and make beauty reflect real life. Realism was popular in all revolutionary eras, from the [[French Revolution]] to the Soviet Union.

	Realism was popular in all revolutionary eras, from the French Revolution to the Soviet Union.

	Stalin particularly made communist housing beautifully designed, whereas later Khrushchev and Brezhnev downgraded to commie blocs. Still, many metro stops and infrastructure like the Moscow train station remained well designed.		Stalin particularly made communist housing beautifully designed, whereas later Khrushchev and Brezhnev downgraded to commie blocs. Still, many metro stops and infrastructure like the Moscow train station remained well designed.

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	~~Basically realist~~ art ~~but~~ depicting ~~socialist scenes. The modern~~ art ~~which exists today was created as a liberal counter to Socialist realism. Today, it is obvious which movement is objectively superior~~.		Socialist realism is the main socialist style of art, depicting reality and its beauty, in contrast to bourgeois art (especially [[postmodern]] art) depicting ideals divorced from reality.

	==~~Theoretical basis~~==		==Marxist theory of art and culture==

	Art reflects its class basis. A [[normal]], productive class, like the proletariat, wants to see beauty in real life. An obsolete class, which is not advancing production but living as a parasite, such as the [[bourgeois]], ~~likes to get lost in ideals, separating~~ itself as far ~~away from reality~~ as possible.		Art reflects its class basis. A [[normal]], productive class, like the proletariat, wants to see beauty in real life. An obsolete class, which is not advancing production but living as a parasite, such as the [[bourgeois]], separates itself from reality as far as possible, getting lost in ideals.<ref>Bland, Stalin and the Arts.</ref>

	~~Hence, when the bourgeois rule and hold [[cultural hegemony]], most~~ art ~~created is meaningless, or even mocking meaning. Examples of this are modern art or [[Marvel]], which makes entire movies with no serious message, just jokes.~~		==Bourgeois art==

	~~<blockquote>~~		Under bourgeois [[cultural hegemony]], most art is slop. In the name of "abstract art", the bourgeois consume completely meaningless splatter they call "art". Many people believe this is purely a money laundering scheme, but actually that is only partly true. The bourgeois (and unproductive [[lumpens\|lumpen]]) genuinely enjoy abstract slop.

	~~"He's right behind me, isn't he."~~		==Socialist art==

	~~- Thor: Love and Thunder, probably~~		The early Soviet Union had various art trends. This was a result of the intellectuals

	~~</blockquote>~~		The proletariat and other productive classes tend to enjoy realism - they make real life beautiful, and make beauty reflect real life.

	~~On the other hand, when the proletariat is in power, and achieves beauty in real life, it will celebrate that beauty in art. This is why socialist realism~~ was popular in the Soviet Union.		Realism was popular in all revolutionary eras, from the French Revolution to the Soviet Union.

	~~Realism was popular in all revolutionary eras~~, ~~like the French Revolution~~.~~<ref>Bland~~, ~~Stalin~~ and the ~~Arts~~.~~</ref>~~		Stalin particularly made communist housing beautifully designed, whereas later Khrushchev and Brezhnev downgraded to commie blocs. Still, many metro stops and infrastructure like the Moscow train station remained well designed.

	~~==Examples==~~		[[Maxim Gorky]] was considered a socialist realist writer. How the Steel Was Tempered by Nikolai Ostrovsky was also a socialist realist fiction book and movie about a Russian comrade.

	~~The Soviets built beautiful metro stops and glorious statues like The Motherland Calls. They were simply designed to reflect the beautiful reality of socialism.~~

	[[Maxim Gorky]] ~~created works of~~ socialist ~~realism~~.

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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	Basically realist art but depicting socialist scenes. The modern art which exists today was created as a liberal counter to Socialist realism. Today, it is obvious which movement is objectively superior.		Basically realist art but depicting socialist scenes. The modern art which exists today was created as a liberal counter to Socialist realism. Today, it is obvious which movement is objectively superior.

			==Theoretical basis==

			Art reflects its class basis. A [[normal]], productive class, like the proletariat, wants to see beauty in real life. An obsolete class, which is not advancing production but living as a parasite, such as the [[bourgeois]], likes to get lost in ideals, separating itself as far away from reality as possible.

			Hence, when the bourgeois rule and hold [[cultural hegemony]], most art created is meaningless, or even mocking meaning. Examples of this are modern art or [[Marvel]], which makes entire movies with no serious message, just jokes.

			<blockquote>

			"He's right behind me, isn't he."

			- Thor: Love and Thunder, probably

			</blockquote>

			On the other hand, when the proletariat is in power, and achieves beauty in real life, it will celebrate that beauty in art. This is why socialist realism was popular in the Soviet Union.

			Realism was popular in all revolutionary eras, like the French Revolution.<ref>Bland, Stalin and the Arts.</ref>

			==Examples==

			The Soviets built beautiful metro stops and glorious statues like The Motherland Calls. They were simply designed to reflect the beautiful reality of socialism.

			[[Maxim Gorky]] created works of socialist realism.

			==Further reading==
			* Bill Bland. Stalin and the Arts. https://espressostalinist.com/2014/11/17/bill-bland-stalin-the-arts-on-marxist-leninist-aesthetics/

			==References==

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Basically realist art but depicting socialist scenes. The modern art which exists today was created as a liberal counter to Socialist realism. Today, it is obvious which movement is objectively superior.