A Scene from a Los Angeles Freeway On Ramp

August 3rd, 2009

I like it, but the artist botches the job by using “socialism” as the tagline. When I think of socialism, I think of the Scandinavian countries. While I don’t find those models socialism desirable, by a lot of measures, those countries are pretty good places to live. The U.S., on the other hand, suffers under a state of quasi fascism that was hatched by a corporate oligarchy. What’s the difference? Besides the appearances, which vary widely, U.S. fascism is characterized by a zombie-like quest for corporate profits. The wars and atrocities are by-products. It’s not a racial struggle, either, as is usually the case with fascism. It’s just business. Obviously, it’s more complicated than that, but there’s not a lot to be gained by splitting hairs at this late stage of the game.

Feel free to split hairs in the comments, if you can be bothered. (Your time would probably be much better spent getting clear of the mobs that will kill each other over the bullshit they believe once the state fails.)

Hmm. I would have liked it much better with Hank Paulson as The Joker, but hardly anyone would know who they were looking at. I’d guess that Hank likes it that way.

Via: Wizbang:

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2 Responses to “A Scene from a Los Angeles Freeway On Ramp”

  1. tochigi says:
    August 3, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    it really does say a lot about the ingrained, knee-jerk, reaction of most(?) US-ers. i mean, “socialism”? ffs, even the american sense of irony is stunted beyond recognition. but yes, the tired hollywood imagery is unmistakably american. what it’s useful for, who knows?

  2. scarletfire says:
    August 3, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    Socialism for the super rich (bank welfare), darwinism for everyone else

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