African American flood victims line up to get food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station in front of billboard ironically extolling WORLD’S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING THERE’S NO WAY LIKE THE AMERICAN WAY, taken in 1940 [1600×1191]
I think I read that in fact these are flood victims, lining up for assistance. Probably doesn’t change the message though
Linus_Al
That’s one of the most dystopian pictures I’ve ever seen. It gives you a real 1984 feeling (even so 1984 is obviously way worse).
pensacolaslim
Enshrined in every US history textbook
StopLookandFreeze
The smiling guy behind Taye Diggs looks like an actor. Can anyone help me out?
ChuckNorris28
To be fair, if you think about how world was looking like back in 1940… The living standard in the US wasn’t that bad either. And even nowadays flood victims usually relay on governmental/charity help.
omgu8mynewt
What product is the poster advertising?
Desperately_Insecure
I’m just as interested in the apparent prevalence of metal buckets in people’s household at this time.
ACuriousFrenchie
How is this dystopian? Yes, people tend to be poor after they’ve been victims of floods. Big fucking deal.
dexterpine
Was this photo taken by Margaret Bourke-White?
Experiment_628
40s flood victims dressed classier than today’s celebrities
If you look closely though you’ll notice the people in the billboard, which the billboard is referring to, are white.
TheRealDookieMonster
There’s nothing ironic about it, commie. America is the greatest country on earth.
Holiday_in_Asgard
Its weird seeing people stand so close together now…
CIARRAPUNGI
They were flood victims i mean, thats normal to be in that situation after your house has been destroyed, that’s not descriptive of the standard of living, they’re also getting aid from the red cross which is a plus.
videki_man
Well, they probably enjoyed a higher standard of living than a large part of the world at that time.
![African American flood victims line up to get food and clothing from a Red Cross relief station in front of billboard ironically extolling WORLD'S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING THERE'S NO WAY LIKE THE AMERICAN WAY, taken in 1940 [1600x1191]](https://i.redd.it/zf7sc86jdo151.jpg)
Crowe410
Same scene from from a different angle
Adghnm
I think I read that in fact these are flood victims, lining up for assistance. Probably doesn’t change the message though
Linus_Al
That’s one of the most dystopian pictures I’ve ever seen. It gives you a real 1984 feeling (even so 1984 is obviously way worse).
pensacolaslim
Enshrined in every US history textbook
StopLookandFreeze
The smiling guy behind Taye Diggs looks like an actor. Can anyone help me out?
ChuckNorris28
To be fair, if you think about how world was looking like back in 1940… The living standard in the US wasn’t that bad either. And even nowadays flood victims usually relay on governmental/charity help.
omgu8mynewt
What product is the poster advertising?
Desperately_Insecure
I’m just as interested in the apparent prevalence of metal buckets in people’s household at this time.
ACuriousFrenchie
How is this dystopian? Yes, people tend to be poor after they’ve been victims of floods. Big fucking deal.
dexterpine
Was this photo taken by Margaret Bourke-White?
Experiment_628
40s flood victims dressed classier than today’s celebrities
KderNacht
I prefer the Wolfenstein version
https://i.redd.it/qsqitzjlemgz.jpg
kutuzof
If you look closely though you’ll notice the people in the billboard, which the billboard is referring to, are white.
TheRealDookieMonster
There’s nothing ironic about it, commie. America is the greatest country on earth.
Holiday_in_Asgard
Its weird seeing people stand so close together now…
CIARRAPUNGI
They were flood victims i mean, thats normal to be in that situation after your house has been destroyed, that’s not descriptive of the standard of living, they’re also getting aid from the red cross which is a plus.
videki_man
Well, they probably enjoyed a higher standard of living than a large part of the world at that time.