Brutally Honest Illustrations That Show What's Wrong With Today's Society


Entertainment | Harriet King

Who knew it would take a cartoonist and his cartoons to show what's wrong with society today? Cartoons seem like the least serious thing in the world, but maybe that's a good thing. Sometimes the best way to get slapped with the hard truth of reality is by sugar coating it.

Gerhard Haderer is an Austrian cartoonist who does not shy away from controversial statements, at least not when he's drawing cartoons. These aren't the type of cartoons you want to look at with your niece or nephew though. Not unless you want to explain satire to a seven-year-old. Trust me, you don't.

What you'll see is that a lot of these cartoons are relevant to many different time periods, including the one we're currently living in. It's like we're living the same mistakes over and over again. Check out and see how many of these you can relate to. #46 is probably the most depressing illustration of them all, but it's so true.

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