AAAAAAARRGH! Again! And again! And again! And again! And again! What the fuck is wrong with everybody? It’s not alien trickery, and it’s more than just media bias. It’s us that’s part of the problem, even if we’re paying attention to what’s actually happening. It’s not even a new problem!
Last night I went to a fantastic AIGA event called Hell No: Designers and The War, where I got to hear an incredible array of people try to express their frustration, their anger, their stupefication, and even a little bit of their hope about the state of our union. Sure, they were preaching to the choir, but the feeling was pervasive that no one was really appreciating how far out of control things are going.
Trying to think of stuff to spread around on stickers or posters or something, I scrawled this stuff in my notebook:
- If you REALLY loved this country you’d be furious at the people running it.
- So why CAN’T we change anything?
- What else do they have to do before we do something about it?
- America and its government are not the same thing. We’re ALLOWED to disapprove.
Ugh. Feeling powerless again…