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![JPLindsley Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::384407750.png) JP Lindsley | Journalist [@JPLindsley](/creator/twitter/JPLindsley) on x 23K followers
Created: 2025-07-17 18:04:54 UTC

1/🧵 "If you're not interested in politics, politics will be interested in you."

Here's a powerful theory from UK-educated Ukrainian historian Olesya Khromeychuk, @OKhromeychuk, on why culture MUST BE political—

—and why tyrants like Putin always target artists first. 🧵⤵️

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwE9hnYXEAAZHYa.jpg)

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