Part of the Great Machine

How to become an actor in the spectacle of post 9/11 fear, courtesy of the NYC transit system:

Living in a traumatized New York back in 2001, I remember thinking how ridiculous these city transit advertisements were. The spectacle of fear became an everyday circus that called for the active participation of every single paranoid citizen (or rather triggered the latent paranoia of every citizen). This is social control masquerading as national security at its best.