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Because art is a subjective experience the goal of which is to soften the pain of being alive. "Sincerity" is impossible since the artist is basically weaving an illusion to distract the reader/viewer for a few hours. The only sincerity the artist can possibly have is the sincere desire to get published and make enough money not to starve. Pic related actual sincerity

The first half of pic related was about the dire working and living conditions in a industrial town in Northern England.

The second half of the book is a 100 page long rant about the absolute state of the British Socialist Movement. Mainly complaints about how it’s overrun by vegetarians, nudists and other proto trannies and middle class ‘intellectuals’ who have never worked a day in their lives.
Published in 1937