LIKE A LEGEND FROM THE NIGHT, DANIEL RICHTER ARRIVES IN FIRST PLACE. THE ELDER STATESMAN OF OUR COUNTDOWN, HERR RICHTER GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL OF DIY PUNK BEFORE HE GRAVITATED TO THE FINE ART GAME. THIS ENERGY IS APPARENT IN HIS UNCANNY ABILITY TO CAPTURE THE TENSION OF UNREST & SOCIAL UPHEAVAL.
RITES OF PASSAGE INTO MANHOOD ARE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED & REPEATED, AS YOUTH GRADUATE FROM DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR TO MORE LETHAL EXPLOITS, THE NERVOUS ENERGY THAT PERMEATES THE ZEITGEIST YET CAN BE INVISIBLE TO THE OBLIVIOUS. JUST AS HOW THE YOUTH OF TODAY HAVE BEEN DE-SENSITIZED TO VIOLENCE, THREAT ARE VERY REAL, EVEN IF IT SEEMS ABSTRACT. CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS GOES FROM PLAYTIME TO REAL TIME OVERNIGHT.
HISTORY IS PERVASIVE, DO WE TRUST OUR OWN TRUTH, OR GET SOLD ON PROPAGANDA AND ROSE COLORED HISTORY LESSONS. WHEN THE YOUTH FIGHT WARS THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND UNDER THE GUISE OF PATRIOTISM: BETRAYAL, CONFUSION, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, & UNEMPLOYMENT ARE OFTEN THE HARSH REALITIES AWAITING THE HERO UPON HOMECOMING. BUT THE IDEA OF NOBLE SACRIFICE WILL ALWAYS BE A SELLING FEATURE TO CANNON FODDER.WHEN LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE, SURVIVAL INSTINCTS TAKE OVER, & THE THIN VEIL OF CIVILITY VANISHES. WHAT IS LEFT IS AN EGO STRIPPED BARE, THE REAL STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AND DEATH BEGINS
POSTMODERN WARFARE, HIGH TECH, BLACK OPS, SUPER SOLDIERS, WHAT COMES NEXT? WHO POLICES THE POLICE? WHEN VIGILANTE JUSTICE AND MILITIAS BECOME MORE COMMON EVERY DAY, WHAT KIND OF REALITY DO YOU CHOSE TO ENFORCE? MILITARIZE THE PEACE
THE FUTURE IS VIVID, IT IS BOLD, IT IS SCARY. IT IS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE COME TO EXPECT, AND NOTHING YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE, WHO WILL YOU LET CONTROL YOUR DESTINY? THE IDEAS OF THE CONTROLLER, OR THE IDEAS OF THE LIBERATOR? COME WITH US
THE ROAD IS LONG & DARK, BUT TOGETHER WE WILL PREVAIL, WE WILL BE VICTORS OF THESE REPETITIOUS BATTLES. #YOUTHINREVOLT
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