That is the typical statement that moves responsibility from immoral thievish individuals and limp wristed Ministers who chose not to follow their morality and opted for what they believed would avoid Civil War but didn't. The truth of the matter is that the system of the people of the United States committed genocide for gold and the affluence of the 30,000 Cherokees in the old Cherokee Nation in Tennessee. Per Capita the Cherokees compared to the German Jews in affluence. They just hid it. The Americans made their enemies dumb and child like and grieved about the necessity of their annialation.
Artists are the eyes, ears and heart of a society.
We also define a hierarchy of quality. If you want to escape responsibility then first kill the eyes, ears and heart. Then everything else is just business.