Original artwork, not a still
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
This is a sardonic take on a nation's history: it supposedly skipped the refined middle stage and went straight from rough beginnings to overindulgence. The joke lies in the missing step, civilization, treated like a station the train never stopped at.
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