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Ariel: Conclusion Government art subsidies never benefit art, for Support art's role is to challenge society's values. █ █████████ ███████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████████ ███ ████ ███████████ ████ █████ ████ ███████

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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

Ariel claims that art is supposed to challenge society's values. But because a society's government represents that society's values, and artists, when they are supported by the government, can't challenge "the very institution upon which they depend," Ariel concludes that government art subsidies never benefit art.

Sasha agrees with Ariel's premise that art is supposed to challenge a society's values. But she counters that democratic governments inherently encourage disagreement with their own values. Therefore, she argues, in a democratic society, government art subsidies actually will allow artists to express themselves freely and be committed to their work.

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Point at issue: disagree

Sasha explicitly says she agrees with Ariel's claim that art should challenge a society's values. So the disagreement between Sasha and Ariel is less about Ariel's premises than about Ariel's main point: that "Government art subsidies never benefit art." Sasha clearly thinks that in at least one case — the case of a democratic government — government art subsidies can benefit art, by allowing artists to "be fully committed to their work while expressing themselves freely."

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Incorrect. Sasha directly says that she agrees with Ariel on this point.

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Incorrect. We don't know what Sasha thinks on this point. Just because she says a democratic government respects dissent and encourages challenges to its own values doesn't mean such a government doesn't express the values of its society. Maybe democratic societies themselves value dissent and disagreement over values. So since Sasha never actually disagrees with Ariel that a society's values are expressed by its government, (B) isn't the answer choice we're looking for.

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Incorrect. Sasha never makes any claims about nondemocratic societies, and Ariel doesn't say anything about artists expressing themselves freely. So we don't know what Ariel or Sasha would say about (C).

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Correct. We know Ariel thinks that art subsidies provided by a democratic government don't benefit art, since she thinks government art subsidies never benefit art. And we know Sasha thinks art subsidies in a democratic society do benefit art. So Ariel and Sasha disagree on (D).

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Incorrect. Neither Ariel nor Sasha expresses any opinions about the fair distribution of art subsidies.

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