My thanks go to my friend Ol. who sent me this beautiful image.
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Which element of the bourgeoisie is supposed to be represented by the fat, bearded man calmly jogging along in the lower right-hand corner?
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He is a “kulak”. A farmer who hires people to work on his farm while he sits there growing fat. In 1930s, it was enough to own a cow or a horse to be labeled a kulak and put into a camp.
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I have always loved how colorful Russian artwork and architecture is.
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You can laugh… but I think the reason why I especially like this image is because the worker and his son look like my son and I, only that the worker has broader shoulders than mine.
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Oh my God, it totally does look like you and your kid! Without the mustache, the guy looks eerily like you.
I can’t believe I didn’t catch it sooner!
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It took me a while before catching the similitude. I wondered why I liked that image THAT much! Mi hijo y yo aplastando la burguesia. Je je…
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