How funny does this scene look? I know one thing is for sure, I want to be the man with the wheel barrel full of money, and not one of the people dangling over a cliff on a plank. Though, as I examine the picture longer, I notice how corrupt the picture actually is. It shows me that the rich only get richer, while those who are not rich are thrown over a cliff, to fall. As one can tell by looking at the purpose of the work, it is clearly seen that it is to show inequality among social groups. By looking at the expressions of the people in the work, the rich man has a huge smile on his face showing that the rich will always go away happy, while the people who are not rich, have to work many times harder, while having to deal with less than preferable situations.
This obvious scenario is something we face everyday. It is almost like a snowball effect, when one gets wealthy, the wealth steadily keeps coming. Unfortunately, it leaves no room for the lower classes to climb the ranks and grow. In essence it seems that the quality of life that you live depends on the social group you are born into. There is no doubt that this is a flaw in our society in the present that needs to be corrected. If the future ends up the way it is portrayed in the picture, than what will the people hanging over the cliff have to face? Something needs to be done to save the people from falling over the cliff, whether it be through taxes on the rich, there must be a way to regulate the money to stimulate the economy. The inequality among citizens in the economy is not regulated enough, that is the purpose that the artist is trying to get across to audiences, so we can find ways to fix it. Just how to fix it is the question.
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