The people who had fallen victim to the Great Depression were naïve and led to believe they could trust the banks with their money and that their government was protecting them. As a result, the market crashed, the banks failed, the people had everything taken from them, and government couldn’t do a single thing to help. Now unemployed and without money, they were left to survive on their own.
The damages of the Great Depression taught us, as a country, many valuable lessons. Unfortunately, the people today have grown naïve and dependent on their governments’ protection. Before we repeat the same mistake, the Occupy movement has organized themselves to proclaim their message, and remind the people that we cannot, and will not fall victim to the corrupt banks and our bought government.
In the glass house of the mural lie hundreds of people, probably unemployed or homeless, sleeping and being overseen by a policeman. This image can easily resemble the protestors, the 99%, that occupy cities and are being overseen, and at times disassembled by police. The people in the subways represent the lower and middle class workers who are the foundation of this country and economy, and are still victims of modern day slavery. In the bank are a few wealthy people, who can be translated as the 1% of today, that have heavy influence on the banks, the government, and the rest of the country.
When I look at “Frozen Assets” by Diego Rivera, I cannot help but to feel as if it was a warning for the people of present day. “Do not repeat this history,” he’s exclaiming to us. As much as it is a depiction of the darker times during the Great Depression, it ironically and clearly holds the same truth for us today during the Great Recession.
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