Why Most Artists Are Liberals (Reading of the Communist Manifesto Pt. 1)

     KARL MARX, in the "Communist Manifesto", repeatedly uses the "little guy" as an example when arguing the struggle between the oppressed and oppressors.  One of the "little guys" he mentions are artisans.  This could be the reason, be it consciously or sub-consciously, many artists (both fine artists and craftsman) feel themselves leaning toward liberal collectivist doctrine...in other words Communism.  I guess Marx never imagined artists could sell their work and become celebrities in the free market, eh?

Here is Marx citing the artisan in chapter one of the "Communist Manifesto":

"The lower middle class, the small manufacturer, the shopkeeper, the artisan, the peasant, all these fight against the bourgeoisie"