PERMANENT UNDERCLASS

A depression-era breadline scene outside a McDonald's restaurant. A queue of destitute figures in brown/tan peasant clothing stand in line, each pushing wooden wheelbarrows overflowing with gold Bitcoin coins. At the front, a woman in a tattered shawl holds up a large Bitcoin coin pleadingly toward a McDonald's employee who stands in the service window with arms crossed, expression stern and dismissive. Signs read "CRYPTO NOT ACCEPTED" and graffiti on the wall says "GO HOME DIRTY DEGENS". The ground is littered with scattered Bitcoin coins and McDonald's trash (fry boxes, cups, wrappers). A city skyline looms in the background under an overcast grey sky. The style is painterly and satirical, commenting on cryptocurrency's real-world purchasing power. Shot at 28mm, low angle, 4:5 portrait orientation.