For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.

It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.

Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense. Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.

When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.