This goes back a long way: "In the Republic, Plato argues that poets have no place in an ideal state. They spread misinformation and corrupt the youth's minds.

This goes back a long way: "In the Republic, Plato argues that poets have no place in an ideal state. They spread misinformation and corrupt the youth's minds. [...] The reasonable, the Guardians in the Republic, should rule the state." https://www.thecollector.com/plato-philosophy-republic-poetry/ https://www.thecollector.com/plato-philosophy-republic-poetr... Or, in comics: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/233 https://existentialcomics.com/comic/233