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equineluvr ago

"On that cover, there was a card called The Star, which did not have any of the usual features,JPG but instead, it has fourteen, eight-pointed stars with a black and white photo of a child in each.PNG

These photos are reminiscent of the missing children photos which were once featured on milk cartons. Who are these children? Why are they on the cover of The Economist? Most surprisingly, why is there a COMET in the middle of these stars? Are the elite trying to say something to each other?"

Look closely, Those aren't children in the stars. They are "millennials."

Here's the 'official" explanation -

The World in 2017

The World in 2017 contains The Economist’s annual collection of detailed, numerate and opinionated predictions for the year ahead. The World in 2017 features leading figures from politics, business, finance, science, technology and the arts alongside prominent journalists from The Economist and other leading news publications.

The World In 2017 looks ahead to a new American presidency, a Chinese Communist Party Congress, elections in France and Germany and the political and economic challenges of Brexit, and marks a number of poignant global anniversaries—500 years since Martin Luther published his 95 theses, 100 years since Lenin launched the Russian revolution and 10 years since Steve jobs unveiled the iPhone. In our 31st edition, we include a special section featuring forecasts from 14 globally-minded millennials, ranging from a Syrian refugee-turned-photographer, an iconoclastic Chilean reggaeton artist, one of ballet’s biggest emerging names and leading online voices for young Africans and Muslim American women.

https://shop.economist.com/products/the-world-in-2017

Laskar ago

They look like young teens to me.

They are clearly older photos---look at the hair, clothing, etc.--, and in years past people looked more mature than those of the same age today. Have look at old yearbooks to see what I mean. the seniors in yearbooks form the fifties look to be thrity years old at least whereas they were only 17 or 18.

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1769138