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    Haus für Eucharistischen Kongress dekoriert – (Waterford, Juni 1932)


    Haus für Eucharistischen Kongress dekoriert – (Waterford, Juni 1932)

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    3. acapuletisback on

      It’s such a pity that poverty and lack of education and an authoritarian church caused what can only be described as mass religious psychosis, the idea of something like that today would be rightly laughed at.

    4. Fuckofaflower on

      Could afford all the fancy pictures but not a good haircut between them.

    7. justformedellin on

      I think there’s 10 kids alone on the front row. All one family?

      Edit: a hard life.

    8. Margrave75 on

      My dad was born in the 40s, one of 11, plus two infant deaths.

      The mid-terrace 3 bed house (THREE FUCKING BEDROOMS) was renovated to a one bed townhouse in tbe early 00s, and even at that I thought it was bloody tiny. How the hell 11 kids were raised in there I’ll never know.

      One thing my dad always says looking back is “of course we had nothing, but we were NEVER hungry, there was always food on tbe table”, like, HOW?

    10. ya_bleedin_gickna on

      It’s really sad how much control the church had over the everyday lives of ordinary people.

    11. justformedellin on

      This is a great photo, a great post, it’s got me thinking a few things which hopefully I will be able to articulate clearly:-
      – this is a photo of poverty
      – what you’re seeing then is all the symptoms of poverty (lack of education, lack of birth control, lack of good nutrition, etc.)
      – there will be a gut reaction for some viewers to blame these people for their own situation – of course they’re broke when they’ve had 10+ children and they’re religious fundamentalists.
      – This is completely to miss the point. They, like us today, are just the products of their background, influences, opportunities, economic and political situation, etc.
      – this is how privileged or just lucky people cone to blame the poor for their own poverty. We come to imagine that they are living the lives they deserve. That’s a load of bollocks.
      – the equivalent today is poor people who are very fat and we (or I anyway) disdain them for this and think it’s self-inflicted. Again, it’s a symptom of their economic situation and cultural influences.
      – similarly these people have pinned their hopes and identity to Catholicism. They have done this in a certain historical, political and cultural context which they did not choose. Today working class people pin their identity on Canada Goose or some nonsense and it’s very important to understand that better well off folks still just pin their identity and hopes and some other nonsense but that’s all just nonsense too.
      – so hopefully good photography like this can engender a greater sense of empathy in the viewer.
      – I should say that I am not over weight, I emphasise personal responsibility in my life, I do not have 10+ children, etc.

    16. beargarvin on

      Could’ve done with a few Eucharistic condoms. That’s a big household!

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