Life — October 7, 1920 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a political cartoon by Louis Raemackers titled "Where Democracy Has Gone Mad." It depicts two figures: a mother seated and a emaciated child standing before her. The child's quoted line—"Sure, mother dear, I don't feel the hunger a bit!"—expresses false reassurance despite obvious physical deprivation. The cartoon appears to critique the effects of war or economic crisis on civilians, particularly children suffering from malnutrition or starvation. The satire suggests that democratic societies have allowed conditions to deteriorate so severely that children must lie to comfort their parents, or conversely, that leaders falsely claim populations aren't suffering. Without the publication date visible, the specific historical context (likely WWI or the Great Depression era) cannot be confirmed, but the imagery clearly condemns democratic governance's failure to prevent civilian hunger.