This is why the fascists tend to go after the artists, first. Artists tend to hold up a mirror to the rest of us and the fascists don't want us engaging in any of that kind of self-reflection. Also, as a society becomes more ignorant and mean-spirited in it's march toward fascism, it tends to resent those who reflect this ugly picture back at them. So they're fine with silencing those unwanted "deviants". Note the American right's loathing of all things Hollywood.