This is a poster from World War Two encouraging citizens to buy war bonds. It's scary! I know that is the purpose of the poster - to incite fear in order to support the government financially, but really? First of all, the poster is sexist - the woman and child are treated like objects that are owned by someone else. Feminists had a cow over this. Secondly, I the hands of the Nazi and Japanese are shaped like the hands of something from a nightmare: they have long scaly fingernails and ominous knuckles. I cannot imagine this flying in today's society. However, it is good documentation of social commentary during that time.
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