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| Photo: Mathieu Asselin |
Just after the previous cursory post concerning "serious photography," I came upon the very epitome of what that looks like, namely: Mathieu Asselin: A Photographic Investigation. Good lord, you can't possibly get anymore dead serious than this- direct, factual, timely. Citizens world over, especially in the US, should be up in arms about it, demanding accountability for lifetimes of pain, death and suffering. And yet nothing is admitted, nothing is done, and naturally- nothing prevents it from happening again, and again... and again. We the people continue to be treated as the pawns of industry, necessary collateral damage not in the march of progress, but in the unconscionable march for profit. Our lives are expendable, our health and livelihoods- experiments in the offing.
The evil that is Monsanto has operated and proliferated under numerous Presidents and administrations, Democratic and Republican alike. They have poisoned the constituents of either party (and beyond) with equal effect, and with equal lack of remorse- while both parties profit from their largesse. Meanwhile, the very government agency (EPA) meant to examine, prevent and hold such mass purveyors of wanton death and destruction accountable has been effectively gutted by the Trump admin and made a willing tool for the very enablement of their crimes...
And unfortunately, Monsanto is not the only mass killer we subsidize and support. "Serious" photography can only help point the way, only a serious electorate can make the change that will prevent what, right now, are the inevitable catastrophes ahead...
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