im so jealous of the kids who get this for their dbq prompt in the future
2026-10-28 00:13:20
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botchedkiing :
being an american is so weird. because i only love being american when i get to see the melting pot first hand. i love being american when i say good morning to a stranger and they smile and say it back. i love being american when i hear someone's accent. i love being american when i hear someone's backstory. what got you here? america, in my ideal vision, is meant to be this beautiful meeting point for the whole world. we join together and decide we want better, THAT is being american. that's the dream. to liberate yourself with a land full of strangers and make something out of nothing. but instead, there are people who genuinely feel so entitled, are so RACIST that they think this is like european supremacy land where everyone should suffer and look the same. NO! my country has people in all shades, who speak all languages, who look all kinds of different and it makes us strong. need something done? ask an american. that should be our legacy. the country with all kinds of hands joined together, strength and dignity. maybe its just because i was growing up under obama and the whole "world peace" era... but i really do think that this should be our legacy. im proud of be an american in that way, and i love THAT country. but this version? this america? i am so ashamed.
2026-10-28 14:46:11
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_Queenie._.B33_ :
a young child hiding behind the symbol of freedom, all the while a chain wraps his arm
2026-10-28 02:23:02
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Elise Elliott :
This feels like a Norman Rockwell painting
2026-10-27 22:05:34
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Nights Under Willows 🍃 :
this is art and the kid didn't even know what he was doing
2026-10-27 21:57:56
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ash :
art imitates life as life imitates art
2026-10-28 00:51:55
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Mel :
can't wait to see this in my kids government textbook in 12 years
2026-10-27 23:22:20
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Matt ☕️ :
This inspired me to draw it
2026-10-28 01:23:15
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Grimble :
but for some hope the chains are open, freedom comes from tension, prying the links apart.
2026-10-27 23:14:07
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✰ Bentley ☮︎ :
this ones cropped, behind Trump is a woman holding a baby and all you can see is it's sock. I feel like it's equally important to the photo, considering who the subject is
2026-10-27 22:44:42
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stargrlangel :
the art paints itself
2026-10-29 19:37:59
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Austin :
“Blinded by The American Dream”
2026-10-28 00:13:31
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Bailey__yeliaB :
this is so utterly beautiful, and so disgusting
2026-10-27 21:49:04
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rux ⚛️ :
This shit is so poetic it hurts
2026-10-29 19:18:11
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justlittleold_me :
I have goosebumps
2026-10-29 18:56:26
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Bo! :
art imitates life, life imitates art.
2026-10-29 18:36:13
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DJ :
terrified for our future.
2026-10-29 17:16:42
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Reeree :
Innocence never lies
2026-10-29 14:42:02
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Nonyobizness :
Gonna see this picture again in 20 years when my kids learn about this time.
2026-10-28 07:19:02
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Jared :
That man has to go
2026-10-27 17:44:36
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M 🍉🏳️🌈 :
The shadow of the chain falls on the child, and yet, do you see the gaps/break in the link? “Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks. It leaks. Authority is brittle.” There is always hope, and a new day is coming that will shine out the clearer after this darkness.
2026-10-27 23:15:03
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georgeptrck :
The flag is also backwards which, in the context of war, would imply the boy is retreating
2026-10-29 09:23:12
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Alli97 :
Trump walking across the scene like Alfred Hitchcock
2026-10-28 13:41:42
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ava |-/ :
The symbology of this photo is insane
2026-10-28 00:45:58
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T.B. Valentine | Author 👁️ :
Art is the language of the people, the song of the oppressed. As long as we continue to create and find meaning in things like this, we stand a chance.
2026-10-27 22:20:07
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