politics

Political photo of the year? It's this one.

Not Trump raising his fist after the assassination attempt.

Not Netanyahu being applauded by other war criminals.

Not the little child in Gazâ carrying her baby brother with half-blown-off skull.

Maybe Luigi Mangione's perp walk.

But for me it's this one. DNC attendees closing ears and making silly sounds when they were being read the names of dead Palestinian children. Chic, rotten-to-the-core, but on the surface equal rights defendent (rainbow bracelet) neoliberal ideology. Or the death of it.

The photo explains not only why libs in US lost this year but why libs globally lose since mid-2010s. On a high horse, but not moral at all. Educated but a naive dope and less politically intelligent than even Trump.

It also shows how humans can leave all their sharp, politically engaged "look" and adopt an instinctual childish persona when their inhumanity is exposed to them.

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Looking back at 2024, there are so many iconic photos. 

Someone should do a thread.