Destroy My Economy Once, Shame On You...

People say that history is bound to repeat itself. I believe this to be true even more so for huge events like wars, economy breakdowns, etc just for the simple fact that we remember things that have a bigger impact on us. I find the mural Frozen Assets by Diego Rivera to be very interesting. Though it was created regarding the great depression, it really could relate no any large economy breakdown. Nowadays, when people think economy many thoughts may pop up. One that applies itself more so than others is the Occupy movement. When I look at Frozen Assets, I think that Rivera must be some kind of time wizard to be able to create something that relates so strongly to an event that's happening eighty years in the future. What I see when I look at the mural closed off banks, people who've lost everything because of said closing, and huge, thriving corporations being built on top of those people. This directly relates to the Occupy movement in that the 1% is thriving and getting richer, while the 99% is getting poorer and poorer. I also believe that the closing of the banks could be taken as symbolic rather than literal. It could represent all that caused the 99% to become poorer than they'd like, which then caused them to Occupy. If you were to look at that situation that way, then the whole Great Depression could be blamed on banks and such.