Eat the Rich – The Fire That Lit This Match

There was a moment a week or so ago—somewhere between another headline about Wall Street bonuses and a bill so bloated with perks for the powerful that Trump actually called it “The Big Beautiful Bill”—when something snapped.

I saw it for what it was: a velvet-gloved gut punch to everyone I love. A gilded parade of loopholes, handouts, and corporate kisses disguised as a lifeline. It made me furious. But it also made me remember.

Because I grew up in the shadow of real protest. I remember the chants, the posters, the raw effectiveness of refusing to be silent. The Vietnam War didn’t just dissolve—people ended it by taking to the streets. By turning their bodies and voices into barricades and battle cries. And I started to wonder: where has all that righteous rage gone?

That wondering turned into sketching. Into slogans. Into a very pissed-off snake eating its own tail.

So yes, this “Eat the Rich” collection is a tantrum. But it’s also a time capsule and a torch. It’s a wearable protest. It’s how I say: we see you, and we’re not buying your BS.

Why This Collection Matters

These aren’t abstract policies—they’re daily realities for millions of us.

Because the Big Beautiful Bill doesn’t just favor the rich, it fattened them. With:

 

• • Tax loopholes that only kick in above six figures

• • Expanded write-offs for business jets, while public school lunch programs go underfunded

• • Real estate depreciation laws that reward hoarding over housing

• • A capital gains structure so tilted it might as well be a slip-and-slide for the 1%

Meanwhile, working families get crumbs and a condescending smile. Retirees juggle meds and rent. Young people in my own family drown in debt, have no hope of home ownership because they can’t even afford rent…

And the worst part? They wrap it in words like “growth” and “prosperity” like it isn’t literally sucking the marrow from the middle class.

The Ouroboros and the Monopoly Man

Why a snake eating itself? Because that’s what this whole system is doing. It consumes its own foundation—the working and middle class—and acts surprised when things collapse. If I hear one more conservative refer to Social Security as an “entitlement”…