Fear Mongering: Black Bread!

[write_light]

A lovely Cold War ad with a hint of "blame the victim" or perhaps a cautionary tale for our times...  The text is the star of this ad, even with the great artwork (her EYEBROWS at him) on either side.  Read it aloud for best effect.

"But, come to think of it, many of those oppressed people used to have Freedoms too. They got careless, though, and

Comments

[pronker]

That is quite a slogan.

Also, the black bread looks a little moldy, too.

[thedabara_cds]

Wow, not exactly subtle are they? Great ad!

[dandyxr]

Aw. I like black bread.

Also I'm pretty sure a lot of people in America in 1951 were not enjoying the full suite of freedoms afforded to Mr Republic Steel Ad Guy here, but ... at least there was a baked ham back in the Good Old Days?

[bradygirl_12]

The people who lost their freedoms weren't careless. I'm pretty sure Russian tanks and troops took those freedoms away.

[deathstar461]

or people colluding with Russians behind people's backs (or in front of them and lying about it) ;)

[huskyteer]

Brilliant. And BAKED HAM, TWICE, how TERRIBLE.