Well, yeah, it is propaganda, but the objectivists don't see it that way, they just think that art should propel man towards the truth (but that truth is their truth, so obviously it is propaganda). I just don't get classifying some things as worthy of being called Art and other things as just an exercise in skill. Are you saying that what is Art is subjective, or not?

Treason of the Intellectuals - talked about it a while back, theory that intellectuals should never get involved with politics. When you were talking about artists and money it reminded me of that.