[[1]] German chancellor is shown holding a whip, symbolising his power over elected deputies.

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Otto von Bismarck German chancellor is shown holding a whip, symbolising his power over elected deputies.
Otto von Bismarck was the architect of Germany's unification process. The caricature depicts Bismarck, the German chancellor, holding a whip (symbolising his ruthless rule with an iron fist) while leading the parliament. The elected deputies are terrified of him and are hiding beneath their tables. The caricature depicts Bismarck's dominance over the deputies, as well as his disdain for liberalism and parliamentary assemblies. The artist is attempting to convey the democratic system. Humorously, in which democracy exists solely for the sake of being called democracy. In reality, Parliament is ruled by a single man, Bismarck's autocracy.

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