Meet King Joe: The Luckiest Laborer In The World

How An American Working Man Was Depicted In The Context Of The World In 1949 In A Cartoon

“Americans own practically all the refrigerators in existence, to give them plenty of ice, quickly and easily.”

”Bathtubs? We’ve got 92% of them.”

I get a sinking feeling watching this.

But I want to walk back into history, more and more, instead of being on the treadmill of the present all the time, where not much can be understood because every single perception is fought over.

This is a dystopic cartoon if you ask me. That’s my word. Deeply unsettling.

Is the identity of an American to have easy access to ice? To have lots of things to carry from your car into your house?

Why is he frowning, when he lives in the country with most of the stuff, that makes life easier and more convenient?

Could it be because convenience has no positive impact on “happiness?”