This really frosts me. Time magazine has put out the Dec. 5 issue on its web showing the covers for different areas of the world. Europe, Asia and South Pacific get a cover with the shot of a man wearing a gas mask with his fist raised over his head. In big, bold letters in the center of the magazine are the words "Revolution Redux."
I can get into that. I mean we have the Arab spring, the Occupy cities and such. Nice to blast the masses with that kind of cover.
Now...what do you think the cover is here in the United States? A cartoon with the headline, "Why Anxiety is Good for You"! Say, what? Sort of reminds of the George Carlin bit on manly Football versus pansy Baseball ("In football, you have TOUCHDOWNS!" "In baseball, you run for home...")
Excuse me, but that's ridiculous! Revolution is certainly in the wind around the world, and the common folk are trying to put a stop to the "haves" stomping on the "have nots" throats... Yet the American people get an anxiety cover? ...And it's good for you!?!?
Does Time think that we're too ignorant or perhaps uncaring enough to warrant a revolution cover? Maybe the staff at Time just believe that we are all so wrapped up into ourselves and our anxiety that they will sell more magazines with that headline as the American lead. Who wouldn't want to be mollified from the fear mongering rhetoric coming from our leaders? I mean, maybe they think we don't give a rat about the uprisings around the world. Only in America!
But I must admit that cynical me thinks it's that they don't want to give we, the people, any blatant ideas that might possibly harm the power elite's status quo. Sort of like telling us that it's OK for the politicos to instill fear in us. Thus we must keep on abridging our civil rights in the name of fear because it's so good for us to be very anxious and afraid... Thank you, Time! I feel so much better now that I know my anxiety is so good for me!
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