cough Iron Dragon's Daughter cough At this point I just translate "I want apolitical art" to "I want my politics re-affirmed" in my head. The majority of peopl

cough Iron Dragon's Daughter cough At this point I just translate "I want apolitical art" to "I want my politics re-affirmed" in my head. The majority of people are still stuck in the whole End of History/"We are post-ideological" trap and it is a remarkably sticky ideology. I'm not sure if it is the deepest point of ideology or just an innovation of this particular one that makes it very successful. It isn't unreasonable to want to read some un-challenging escapist fiction after all, and if you have this world view you don't know how to express that. When admitting they are taking a political stance, especially a pro-status quo one, is itself a challenge to their politics ...