Economy
The Limousine: Dividing Us for Over a Century
The preferred ride of the wealthy and powerful is an equally powerful cultural symbol.
Last Friday, hours after President Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., a group of protestors set fire to a limousine parked on K Street NW, just blocks from the inaugural parade route. “We the People” had been scrawled on its side.
The image of the wrecked Lincoln became one of the most powerful images from that day, appearing in news stories around the world and, at the Women’s March the following day, on at least one protester’s sign.