Also no fucking wonder they had a revolution immediately after all these things were made, it seems like the Romanovs were spending the entire country’s gdp on these god damn decorations. The whole exhibit felt like

Food for peasants $200

Working conditions $150

Military $800

Fancy Egg™ $1.2 billion

Utilities $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my family dying (they’re being killed by revolutionaries)

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Vitaly Polyakov, After Storming the Winter Palace, depicting a soviet revolutionary in awe of the wealth and luxury that the royals lived in.

      • Retrosound [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        It hits pretty hard. Poor fuck, finally grabbed a rifle and stormed the castle, only to find the nation's wealth squandered away on this stupid bullshit while him and his family starved.