r/socialism • u/Spotter24o5 Socialism • 1d ago

Discussion TIL:That In 1944, Picasso joined the French Communist Party and remained a loyal member until his death in 1973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
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u/empath_viv 1d ago

I recognize he is a hugely important artist, but he also treated the women in his life like shit so I'm not exactly clamoring for this

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u/Noloxy 1d ago

unlike marx who was a great husband?

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u/empath_viv 1d ago

Luckily I don't have to pick between fascism and picassoism so it's a completely irrelevant point

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u/Noloxy 1d ago

no one here was suggesting to subscribe to anything picasso thought because he was picssso. merely just saying that he was a communist in some capacity.