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The most American thing about his pic is that he's scared to actually write "Bank of America" in case he gets sued
Understandable. He could draw a few flames to hide it instead.
Or he could actually stop being a pussy, actually write it, get sued and draw attention to the problem?
True, but it takes big balls. By doing so, you're provoking a big corporation that has all the resources to destroy your life.
Actually draws back to a reply I got earlier.
In other countries, the corporations wouldn't be able to do this because the people would be behind the artist
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/11734334
It seems the US is just horribly selfish that way :(
Yeah, the first one to stand up has to be the most courageous. He becomes the leader and example. Others might decide to follow (or not).
In many capitalist/right-wing countries like the US, more often than not, money is king.
There's just two mate, that's far from normal
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Alex Schaefer does write the actual names of the bank in the art, which is fair artistic use and as far as I know he's never been sued for it. Obviously you can't just put the banks names and logos on the back of a shirt and sell it but also, that would be counter to the point of the shirt which is to obviously satirize the names.