Editing System of a Down (album) (section)

==Artwork==
[[File:John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld) - The Hand Has Five Fingers (5 Finger hat die Hand) 1928.jpg|alt=John Heartfield's poster|thumb|John Heartfield's poster inspired the album cover for the album.]]
The cover artwork is from a 1928 [[anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] poster designed by visual artist [[John Heartfield]] for the [[Communist Party of Germany]].<ref name = loudwire/> The text on the original poster is: "A hand has 5 fingers! With these 5 grab the enemy!"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/john-heartfield-art/political-art-posters/heartfield-posters-fahne/heartfield-five-fingers |title=John Heartfield Poster - Five Fingers Has The Hand |website=Johnheartfield.com |access-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815081832/http://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/john-heartfield-art/political-art-posters/heartfield-posters-fahne/heartfield-five-fingers |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This slogan inspired part of the text contained on the back of the album: "The hand has five fingers, capable and powerful, with the ability to destroy as well as create". Later, it is written in bold letters: "Open your eyes, open your mouths, close your hands and make a fist" (used later by Serj Tankian in the song "Uneducated Democracy"). The artwork also bears a close resemblance to the cover of [[George Harrison]]'s album ''[[Living in the Material World]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Harrison: Living in the Material World Album Cover Parodies |url=http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/george-harrison-living-in-the-material-world-parodies/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=amIright |language=en}}</ref>