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"Visible" might be a better word. Far more dollars are stolen from bank accounts, wages, etc. but there are no striking photos of that.
by muzz 5y ago
"Visible" might be a better word. Far more dollars are stolen from bank accounts, wages, etc. but there are no striking photos of that.
- ryandrake 5y agoExactly. Theft happens every day, orders of magnitude greater values get stolen from people, often by corporations, but when people steal some packages from a train or shoplift from Walgreens, that’s somehow the horrible and shocking news story. How many “OMG people are stealing from corporations and getting away with it!” news stories have been published in the last 30 days? I guess it only counts as societal breakdown when there’s viral video of it.
- Qub3d 5y agoI was moreso thinking the juxtaposition between the scattered boxes in contrast to the soaring cityscape in the background. It was a visible sign of the class divide to me, and an example of how the upper echelons (skyscrapers) are above and unaffected by the mess below.