This is resistance art — not nostalgia. In 1916, the French satirical magazine La Baïonnette used cartoons to challenge authoritarian government culture. They couldn’t openly say “the system is failing,” so they drew the failure instead. A century later, the message still hits: power protecting paperwork instead of people.
Monsieur Lebureau, buried in documents, insists: “I swear the bureaucracy will hold!”
This is resistance art — not nostalgia. In 1916, the French satirical magazine La Baïonnette used cartoons to challenge authoritarian government culture. They couldn’t openly say “the system is failing,” so they drew the failure instead. A century later, the message still hits: power protecting paperwork instead of people.
Monsieur Lebureau, buried in documents, insists: “I swear the bureaucracy will hold!”
