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In Defense of the Selfie and why you'll get a selfie stick

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With now even the President of the USA getting in on the Act, Let's just say that stores in the USA will have the OfficalUSASelfieStick  ASAP.  However I do want to defend the stick and my reasoning goes like this.   Back in  Van Eyck's   day when the wealthy and privileged did something that thought grand they commissioned a selfie in their day -- A portrait  This was considered a new form of expression of realism and acute observation  with " Full-length portraits were reserved for depictions of the highest echelon of society, and were associated with princely displays of power"    Kemperdick (2006), 28 Wikipedia      Quoting from Wikipedia again, "Throughout history, it has been common for rulers and governments to commission public art as a means of demonstrating power and wealth, or even for specific propaganda purposes".  So it's not just me say...