Life, 1918-11-21 · page 33 of 34
Life — November 21, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a satirical story titled "Don't Crowd, Please. Line Forms On the Right"—a WWI-era allegory about American sacrifice and profiteering. **The Satire:** A man selling his soul to a demonic figure (representing greed/war profiteering) negotiates a price. The man claims he's already sacrificed everything for the war effort: his fortune, Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps. The demon agrees to pay one million dollars but then deducts interest, calculating the war will last another year. The man realizes he's been exploited—he gave everything patriotically while others profited financially from the war's continuation. **The Point:** This critiques wealthy Americans who claimed patriotic sacrifice while actually benefiting financially from prolonged warfare, and those who genuinely sacrificed while the wealthy gained. The cartoon's final panel shows a German soldier, suggesting the irony that everyone—including enemies—suffered while speculators prospered. The page is primarily advertisements (car tops, cigars, patent medicines) surrounding this darker commentary on wartime economics.
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