Creator Of Infamous "Hope" Poster Lashes Out At Obama, Calls Americans "Ignorant And Lazy"

Before the people realized that behind the "most transparent administration ever" there was nothing but double seasonal adjustments, drones and an impenetrable layer of propaganda and lies, there was...

And change, of course.

Sadly, at some point over the past six years the hope died, first for the people (if not the bankers), and then for the creator of the infamous "Hope" poster himself, Shepard Fairey who told Esquire magazine in an interview that Obama has not come even close to embodying the break with the past administration that Fairey and so many voters hoped he would.

"I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he'd support]."

But support them he did while crushing the much promised transparency and freedom for the masses, for one simple reason: money, the same reason why Fairey is almost willing to give Obama a pass, again. Money, and of course, power and control of the masses by the select few.

Still, the confused artist still isn't fully ready to throw away all his idealism just yet:

I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control.

A "quality human being" he may be, but when it comes to personal motives, money always wins. Just ask the Clinton Foundation. Even Fairey, who says he "agrees with Hilary on most issues" finally grasps that now:

... campaign finance structure makes me very angry, because it means that politicians are going to have to raise a huge amount of money, which narrows the field dramatically. There are only certain kinds of people that either have the preexisting resources or the willingness to work in way that will get them a lot of money from donors. That narrows the field right there. Then there's the idea that the people who you are going to have to listen to are the people that are going to give you the biggest donation. That means lobbyists, special interest groups, and corporations are going to have politicians eager, disproportionally.

He adds: "I'm not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step."

A systemic overhaul by whom? The same politicians who are nothing but "whores" to corporate lobby interests?

Or maybe the infamous artist should just blame the American public for agreeing to be swindled and manipulated by one liar after another, all of whom promise change yet end up merely perpetuating the broken, corrupt system they inherit from their predecessor and make it even worse.

Actually, that's precisely what Fairey did. This is what he told Esquire:

We also need a public that isn't so uneducated and complacent. I hate to say Americans are ignorant and lazy, but a lot of them are ignorant and lazy.... When you live in a place that has a lot of good things that make life easier, it's easier to take them for granted. But what frustrates me to no end are people who want to blame Obama or blame anything that is something that if they were actually doing anything as simple as voting, it might not be as bad as it is. There's a lot of finger pointing and very little action and very little research into the dynamics that created the situation that they're unhappy about.

Actually, about that he's quite accurate

However his message will be diluted and ignored, and the media will do is what it always does when facing a threat to the status quo: crush the messenger.

And conveniently, Fairey made it very easy for them: after all, and quite amusingly, his Hope poster itself was a fraud.

The artist was recently sentenced to two years of probation and fined $250,000 in 2012 for destroying documents and concealing others in an attempt to hide that he had used an Associated Press photograph as the basis for his "Hope" poster. And even more ironic, as Gawker wrote in 2009, Fairey himself was  "lawsuit happy to artists who ape or parody his stuff."

Unfortunately, in retrospect Fairey's story is one of "tidiest little package" summaries of the banana republic status the US, and its leadership, has devolved to.

Comments

[me or you]

And patsies too.

[monad]

Piss off, unicon rider. Already published.

[DutchBoy2015]

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY! "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." -- Thomas Jefferson

Read more: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED | The History The US Government HOPES You Never Learn! http://whatreallyhappened.com/#ixzz3bhZnU8PN

[Shitgum Suicide]

Beat yourself retard bitch boy.

[Apostate2]

Too late. You own the meme. What a travesty of what 'hope' actually means. O am disgusted.

[21centurydragon...]

Three letters unspoken letters explains alot: ZOG- Zionist Occupied Government

What Jewish billionaries pony up for :

http://forward.com/news/308582/who-the-jewish-billionaires-are-backing-i...

[silverer]

Fairey: "I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control."

Sorry Mr. Fairey, I have to disagree.  He is the commander in chief of all armed forces.  What is stopping him from picking up his famous phone and fulfilling one of his first campaign promises "I'll bring the boys home?"  He could do this, and have them on their way in 24 hours.  Does he lack the courage and conviction?  Is he afraid?  He is the president, but I've yet to see him do anything presidential.  People who believed in him projected all this wonderful stuff onto him in their own minds.  All Obama supporters fooled themselves before he fooled you.

[overmedicatedun...]

You must RESPECT: the office, er the rank or maybe the throne, the badge of office, always..you don't salute the man you salute the badge of rank, or so it goes in the military.

for me it has always been about the "man" in office, what he is doing and has done and what was the outcome?

in the end, it is the Outcome of actions that I value or hate..so far hate wins. obuma is so ridiculous even taken at face value - you know sure we should not know anything about his education, backround is secret, really and the MSM and such talking heads - even fox news idiots never even address, who is this guy?

diebold picked a real winner in this guy, mulatto homo ex druggie - is president it's high comedy.

[silverer]

Correct.  Character matters.  I find that congress is merely a mirror reflection of the voters.  That's why you have to lock everything and not leave things out of your sight.  America is down to about 15%.  The rest is just morally vacuous. 

[Die Weiße Rose]

taking money out of Politics ?

but he takes money for political propaganda posters,

ripped off straight from an unauthorized AP photo (without copyright).

Fairey is a thief and a copyright violator.

WR;)

[bugs_]

So 2016 comes down to the disillusioned totalitarian utopians staying at home vs the conservatives staying at home refusing to vote for also-ran totalitarian utopians.  When the boxes of uncounted votes in the trunk of someone's car are found then we'll know who the winner is!

[VisionQuest]

Here is a ten minute documentary up-close of people who voted for Obama. Good-hearted, intelligent and totally duped by the education system and the media who have fooled millions of U.S. citizens into believing the propaganda of public education and the daily news is impartial & factual. Young, old, black, white: taught & convinced that the false world is true: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8

EDIT: "...false world presented by public education & government propaganda..."

[anyways]

i am one of the stupid asses who want that fuck for president. Its not a case i am beeing wrong, again, it is the SHAME i feel for be fooled again.This is not repairable. Whats left is anger, hate ... and