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ESOTERICshade ago

This is what the baby in the pool means to me. A metaphor for the way they see us, farm us, and treat us.

The water is the "Sea Of Humanity" and we are the fishes in the sea. They bait us to do their bidding in all sorts of ways but especially with a few dollars with is something we never have enough of but they have plenty of. The carrot and the stick principle. When we chase their shiny trinkets (bread and circuses) we "take the bait" and are now "on the hook" and cannot get away/out from under their control. We are in debt, have to have makeup, the right clothes, junk food, shitty jobs, television, internet, fashion merchandise, etc....They bleed us dry.

On the picture it says "nevermind" which I take to mean their perception of our "ignorant child like mentality" compared to their vast superior sophisticated knowledge and power. We "never know" whats really going on and they like it that way.

I think Cobain is making a parody of the way the "elite" see us and how they feel about us. I actually don't see the pedo reference to the Wikileaks email at all in this particular instance.

2impendingdoom ago

I always interpreted this cover as a commentary on capitalism but in light of pizzagate, the nakedness of the baby is disturbing especially if, as mp says in another comment, Cobain fought the studio to keep it that way. I'm pretty sure that NO ONE gets fame or opportunity unless they pass the test.

ESOTERICshade ago

I'm pretty sure that NO ONE gets fame or opportunity unless they pass the test.

I agree.