This is the picture that ran on the front page of France’s leftiest newspaper’s site yesterday. And it’s all over the Internet.
Oh, the shame.
And you wonder why the rest of the world thinks America is absurd.
Many people have interpreted the original Night of the Living Dead as being a commentary on racism, but evidently the makers of the film say it wasn’t intentional.
Nonetheless, it was a reasonable interpretation. And the comparison with the movie seems particularly apt on more than one level at the moment.
This election “pits the dead against the living in a struggle for survival!”
Who do you pick to run the United States of America: the strong, resourceful, persevering (and other admirable adjectives) young hero, or the zombie?
I do have to pity that poor old man. I’m not heartless. But he has no business running for president. He’s in the checkout line.
This is the picture that ran on the front page of France's leftiest newspaper's site yesterday. And it's all over the Internet.
Oh, the shame.
And you wonder why the rest of the world thinks America is absurd.
Many people have interpreted the original Night of the Living Dead as being a commentary on racism, but evidently the makers of the film say it wasn't intentional.
Nonetheless, it was a reasonable interpretation. And the comparison with the movie seems particularly apt on more than one level at the moment.
This election "pits the dead against the living in a struggle for survival!"
Who do you pick to run the United States of America: the strong, resourceful, persevering (and other admirable adjectives) young hero, or the zombie?
I do have to pity that poor old man. I'm not heartless. But he has no business running for president. He's in the checkout line.
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We’re all waiting for the nightmare to be over Pam.
However, Obama does not have a magic wand:
the US financial and economic decline is real and extremely had to turn back.
Nomatter Obama’s social/economic platform, let’s not forget who’s really running America: big business, slowly making sure to sink the American dream, as long as their money is safe.
A fun game with that picture has been to give it a good caption. A contest is underway on “politicalirony.com”.
Thanks Aoi. I suggested the title of this post for a caption!
Hi Peter.
I know what you mean. Even if elected, Obama won’t be able to change the culture. The problems run so deep. The individualism and capitalism and anti-intellectualism will bring America down ultimately. There just aren’t enough Americans who are aware of these things for it to change.
His presidency may postpone the inevitable end of the American empire. It’ll give America and the world the illusion that it’s not as bad as it seemed. But it will be an illusion.
There needs to be a sea change in that culture. And I don’t see that happening unless something drastic occurs to wake up the sheep and make people set aside their selfish interests for the society as a whole.