Survival of the Fattest

3D model of 3½meter tall copper sculpture by artist Jens Galschiøt (DK).
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A Symbol of Double Standard and exploitation of the poor. 

The original sculpture has been exhibited all over the world and 3D models have been handed out at international climate conferences (COPs)

"Survival of the Fattest" depicts a colossal overweight Justitia - the Goddess of Justice. She holds the weighs of justice in her right hand while being carried on the shoulders of a starving man.

With eyes closed, Justitia proclaims:

"I am sitting on the back of a man. 
He is sinking under my burden. 
I will do anything to help him. 
Except stepping down from his back." 

This text  is inscribed on the sculpture's pedestal.

The sculpture portrays the imbalanced distribution of the world's resources, where the rich live comfortably and oppress the poor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_Fattest

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