The President is usually controlled by the 'Oligarchs' which are a few ultra wealthy families that have controlled the Economy. Anyone attempting to do otherwise then following their lead ends up Dead, or deposed by some coup d'Etat.
This demonstrates to me the 'power' of the mind, similar to the placebo effect? If a belief is objectively 'true' or not is irrelevant, what the mind believes and is able to immerse itself into can manifest some unexplained results.
Of course, I'm not advocating any superstitions, but simply it seems that powerful beliefs can yield astonishing results sometimes (good or bad).
Vice is not doing this in a vacuum, 'regular' people are supporting their content. It's our responsibility to be mindful of what we watch and support. Don't feed the monster.
No where in the article do they even try to ask the people who own or paint these words on the vehicles? Speculation throughout and not a shred of input from any of the people actually involved (Drivers, Lettering painters, police..).
Conclusion: none! We don't know and didn't ask either.
So, the drone footage used to capture this video makes me wonder:
- Is the camera drone VERY fast?
- Or is the Jetson slow?
- Is this realtime footage or accelerated somehow?
"How much intellectual life is now stifled because of fear of what a poorly worded comment would look like if taken out of context and spread on Twitter?"
Since when has Twitter become a platform for intellectual discourse?