>>18130169
>The aesthetics of Nazism are enough to discount it for me. Totalitarianism is always so devoid of soul or passion
The forms vary but what totalitarian systems have in common is that art has to be clear (unambiguous), uplifting, and directed in a way that it's like a teacher telling you what to think, how to behave, what to look like, and so on. It's usually really melodramatic and kitschy. Here's some High Stalinism:
https://youtu.be/UE-jGjCEzH4