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A satirical editorial cartoon depicting wealthy figures dining atop a pile of suffering, struggling working-class individuals.

A satirical editorial cartoon depicting wealthy figures dining atop a pile of suffering, struggling working-class individuals.

​Editorial cartoon style, ink and nib drawing (pluma y tinta), stark black and white with minimal sepia wash. The composition is highly satirical and dramatic. A massive, unstable "mountain of human bodies" is piled up (la muntanya de cossos). The bodies are a mixture of stark caricatures of politicians, businessmen in formal suits, and common people in working clothes. At the very bottom (la base), several figures are crawling away, desperately attempting to escape; their faces show extreme exhaustion, defeat, psychological choking, and disorientation. At the very top (the summit) of this pile, a comfortable, opulent dinner table is set. Six opulent figures in formal wear are sitting, dining lavishly, and clinking glasses with expressions of complete satisfaction and deep indifference toward the suffering and chaos below. See more