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The Past and the Future (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/politicalhumor@lemmy.world
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Artist: stevesack.substack.com

A political cartoon that shows the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz with the US flag on his chest, dripping with oil and holding a bucket of coal and an oily barrel, taking a path that diverges from the yellow brick road. A sign in front of the Tin Man says 'The Past'. Following the yellow brick road is a futuristic robot holding a wind energy turbine and a solar panel, with the flag of China on his chest. A sign in front of the robot says 'the future'.
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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, the symbolism is shoehorned, and the hills of green behind them should be a smoking ruin with the wailing & dying droves as far as the eye can see, ngl. 🥲

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    O beautiful for smoggy skies
    Insecticided grain
    For strip-mined mountain's majesty
    Above the asphalt plain!

    America! America!
    Man sheds his waste on thee
    And hides the pines with billboard signs
    From sea to oily sea!

    (Not to greenwash China, but Carlin didn't do a song for them.)

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago*

    If you "don't mean to" do a thing, don't "apologize" beforehand and do it anyway, Jessica.

    Carlin didn't "do a song" for China for any number of reasons, and this sloppy aside seems to imply that he wouldn't have bcz their gov't's so idyllic. Ick. 🤮🤌🏼

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