Golan Levin and the Whitney Museum have produced an entertaining, interactive work of art: Click on any three countries in an on-screen world map, and it will tell you what axis of power they represent. Mexico, Canada, US: Axis of oil-producing, vodka-exporting, nuclear-powered, cannabis-cultivating, US bullet buyers. China, South Africa, Brazil: Axis of oil-producing, vodka-exporting, nuclear-powered bug eaters. Fun for the whole family! Fodder for budding conspiracy theorists! A useful tool for generating Presidential foreign policy statements! (Thanks, David Strom)
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Golan Levin and the Whitney Museum have produced an entertaining, interactive work of art: Click on any three countries in an on-screen world map, and it will tell you what axis of power they represent. Mexico, Canada, US: Axis of oil-producing, vodka-exporting, nuclear-powered, cannabis-cultivating
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