Art in politics has always been an odd combination. Art works both for and against those in politics. After all, there are so many political cartoons, but then, also, they promote.

For any goverment to succeed, especially well, they need good artists. By how a nation or politician (or idea, etc) to become publicly acknowledged and accepted, it depends upon the artists.

This works in other topics, as well, as countless facts in both science and history have been skewed for the public through misrepresentation, not necessarily purposefully, of course. Movies, for instance, show men flying a few feet when hit by a bullet. (Not talking something like the Matrix, but Saving Private Ryan.) Most people shout in surprise (if they see/feel themselves being hit, but that's not always the case), which makes sense. But if you think of the logistics of how the kick of the gun works, then no rifle would cause someone to fly. (After all, the kick equates to the force of the bullet exiting the barrel, and the force needed to cause a person to be thrown would, in turn, create the same reaction to the person firing the gun.)

I find it's very hard to understand politics, in a true sense, without art intruding. It's a part of human nature to embelish. If you try and take politics into a form of computation, free from art, then one can find the better path (or truth, in a sense). This would, of course, take a special way of mentation.

I suppose, then, art is needed in politics, but in order to get a clear understanding, then you need politics free of art.

(Don't think I really meant to take a philosophical side to this, but oh well. Took Russian last semester and continuing with it. I have a wide range of interests--books, not just 'literature', of mainly science fiction and fantasy in nature, cooking, and non-fiction science, typically medical. My favorite series, I suppose you could mention, on politics, is the Dune series by Frank Herbert. I love languages, and have tried and failed to learn many on my own, but learned through teachers and professors, a small bit of Spanish (which I was bad at), Latin, French, and Russian. Interested in being a hepatologist in research (liver research), but am pretty much the anti-med student. My favorite music growing up was Holst, the Planets, particularly Mars. I really hate tuna and mangoes.)