Posted by thepete on Friday, October 14th at 4:24 PM. [link]

kateoplis: John Vachon, 1940, from More American Photographs at the Wattis Institute which has commissioned twelve photographers - including Alec Soth, Hank Willis Thomas, and Stephen Shore - to travel the United States documenting its land and people in today’s economic climate just as the famous photography program of the Farm Security Administration did in the Depression era. (via: NewYorker) I love how the above picture wasn’t taken recently, yet it would be just as ironic if it had been. Freedom of religion (unless you’re Muslim or Atheist). Opportunity (where?). Private Enterprise (assuming you can get a loan from the bank to start it) Representative Democracy (if you’ve got the money to bribe your politician of choice with more cash than your corporate competitor).

kateoplis:

John Vachon, 1940, from More American Photographs at the Wattis Institute which has commissioned twelve photographers - including Alec Soth, Hank Willis Thomas, and Stephen Shore - to travel the United States documenting its land and people in today’s economic climate just as the famous photography program of the Farm Security Administration did in the Depression era. (via: NewYorker)

I love how the above picture wasn’t taken recently, yet it would be just as ironic if it had been.

Freedom of religion (unless you’re Muslim or Atheist).

Opportunity (where?).

Private Enterprise (assuming you can get a loan from the bank to start it)

Representative Democracy (if you’ve got the money to bribe your politician of choice with more cash than your corporate competitor).

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