[the picture](https://imgur.com/gallery/A2OeQGz)
It’s from a documentary called “Yasuo Otsuka’s joy of motion”.
this caricature was probably drawn in the 50s or 60s.
it says – Translated by Jim Hubbert- “Military budgets hurt social spending. “
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/vg13gc/help_me_understand_better_this_old_japense/
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You could compare the relative sizes of the two buildings, showing that the military budget is greater than the social spending.
The wing that overshadows the civilian buildings could also be interpreted as military overshadowing the civilian, and placing a limit in a sense to the social spending.