“The audacity of taupe”
by digby
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| Scott Olson/Getty Images |
That’s not my line, it’s Michael Shaw from Bag News who has a fascinating post today about some of the images from black Friday in the context of Ferguson.
Michael makes an interesting observation about the image above:
After the post 9/11 admonition to “go shopping,” how striking to see the National Guard called in to defend big retail. Even more provocative is the way the color blending merges the military and the retail industrial complex. Of course, the greater irony has to do with how much investment in the war and civil defense has not only come at the expense of social welfare but, through the distribution of military hardware, increased the lethality of the local police force.
He takes a look at some other pictures from yesterday as well. I think the last one, and his comments about it are very thought provoking. The commodification of “protest” is a subject that deserves more discussion.
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