That is what I wrote on my ticket to the national art museum in Latvia, while looking at socialist realist painting.
I learned about Nationalist Modernism that day, and the National Constructivism of Romans Suta. I saw how the St. Petersburg institution where painters were trained, had constrained them. The museum also had a wonderful set of posters for its own exhibits, going back almost a hundred years.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Do you mean the term “socialist realism” or the style itself? What about it makes it condescending? And by Republican, do you mean right-wing?
These are the questions I need to answer in a longer post, yes. I am pressed for time now but will respond.
Thank you.