If ever you wanted some sort of visual descriptor for 2017 in general, this image from Twitter will do it for you.

To the left of the image, we see a visual representation of Uncle Sam prone and facing forward, whilst a separate visual representation of Spider-Man - also prone and facing forward - leans into Uncle Sam's posterior, thus giving it the appearance that it is rimming Spider-Man. Also note the gathered audience, which looks on in a passive, detached fashion without fervour or joy.

Please observe our findings.

The US - now ruled over by a group of religious extremists - is actively charging towards nuclear war with a tinpot dictatorship in North Korea, the Irish government is on the verge of collapse over a scandal involving the Garda Siochana whilst butting heads with the United Kingdom over the border in Northern Ireland, all while they attempt to exit the European Union; the bedrock of peace in our continent since the fall of Nazi Germany. Oh, and fascism is on the rise again.

Yes, this parade float says more than words ever could about our world today.

 

Via Twitter