The Economist - 2025 cover

[Jones]

I recall an interpretation of the use of red, black and white in Alice in Wonderland to symbolise life, death and rebirth.

 

[dennis]

The Captcha test- Check if you are human. "I am not a robot"

Select all images containing brick veneer walls

I see 5 around the perimeter. Two of them are at the 9 o'clock position together.

 

[Ellipse]

Then all these images on top of each other remind me of the Chinese game of Mahjong, because there are other images underneath. We should see what they represent… to understand the real message, if message is.

Good catch, I did not realized about the Mahjong representation.

For the record, the 2024 one, it was more light:

 

[Puma]

For the record, the 2024 one, it was more light:

It is interesting to make the comparison of both covers. The first thing that caught my attention is the representation of the ballot boxes.

This is what happened in 2024​

2024 will be stressful for those who care about liberal democracy
More than half the people on the planet live in countries that will hold nationwide elections in 2024, the first time this milestone has been reached. Based on recent patterns of voter turnout, close to 2bn people in more than 70 countries will head to the polls.

Thus, on the cover of 2024 we see a ballot box receiving votes. As I mentioned in the corresponding thread, we see the silhouette of the now president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum and on the other side the silhouette of the now president Trump. The strange thing back then was that Trump appeared with a question mark in the ear where he was wounded. This reminds me of the Cs comment regarding the Quorum meeting and the change of program.



Below the ballot box we see the symbol of the "all-seeing eye" with a question mark but now inside the cornea. Was Trump allowed to be president? Out of all patriotism and wishful thinking I think so, as he will be allowed to drain the swamp to some extent unless he wants JFK therapy.

Now, on the 2025 cover we see the empty, but cracked ballot box. In my opinion this is a representation that democracy is undermined. What would cause people in 2025 to stop believing in democracy?

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[loreta]

It is interesting to make the comparison of both covers. The first thing that caught my attention is the representation of the ballot boxes.

This is what happened in 2024


Thus, on the cover of 2024 we see a ballot box receiving votes. As I mentioned in the corresponding thread, we see the silhouette of the now president of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum and on the other side the silhouette of the now president Trump. The strange thing back then was that Trump appeared with a question mark in the ear where he was wounded. This reminds me of the Cs comment regarding the Quorum meeting and the change of program.

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Below the ballot box we see the symbol of the "all-seeing eye" with a question mark but now inside the cornea. Was Trump allowed to be president? Out of all patriotism and wishful thinking I think so, as he will be allowed to drain the swamp to some extent unless he wants JFK therapy.

Now, on the 2025 cover we see the empty, but cracked ballot box. In my opinion this is a representation that democracy is undermined. What would cause people in 2025 to stop believing in democracy?

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Many people know today that we are not in a democracy, and let's not talk about young people who don't know the definition of what a democracy is. The voting box looks like a shattered cardboard box, you can't even see the voters' papers anymore, it's just a box as if picked up in a dustbin and the message is clear to me: voting is fake and it could have something to do with the crazy woman la Van Deer (I never remember her name) that is very near this absolutely disgusting box, the one who represents the future totalitarianism in Europe.