We're Losing Our Competitive Edge
Date
2010
Credits
Format
- Poster 1523
Type of Work
- Finished work 5221
Dimensions
16 × 23 in
Locations Made
This poster, one of the first in a decade-long project to visually document the sorry state of contemporary American political discourse is a call for Americans to start working together instead of arguing. The rancor in Washington is slowing our progress to a standstill.
It is a remix of a 1940 poster, "This Ruined Europe : Never Let It Happen Over Here" by C.R. Miller. This poster was part of a series of pro-American posters published by the Think America Institute to counter government interference and nationalization during World War II. Source: Bugajski, Jill. “Chapter 2: A Brave New Industry: Liberalism and Design at the American Think Institute, 1939-43.” Conflict, Identity, and Protest in American Art, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015, pp. 16–33.
