It definitely represents how much the American people get versus the top one percent.” “The fact that the gorilla only has four bunches and the bull has a lot. “I thought it was somebody pulling a prank or something,” said Sutherly who was taking in the statue’s symbolism. Some people tend to think that you can have infinite growth and have infinite money, but that’s not how the world works."ĭespite their intent, some observers had trouble comprehending this message until News 4 explained it to them.
“Bananas rot and you can’t have infinite bananas. “It’s also about respecting nature’s limits,” said Giometti. We wanted to go back to the simple roots and giving a banana is powerful.” “There's a distinct lack of trust and empathy in the world. “We acknowledge the banana as a trust building mechanism,” said Tejay Aluru. According to Bhatia, Sapien.Network plans on distributing these bananas to local food banks and community fridges.ħ-Foot Harambe Statue Stares Down Wall Street's Charging Bull, Which Is Now Covered in Bananas In addition to Harambe, Aluru, Bhatia, and Giometti sourced 10,000 bananas, which symbolize a lack of trust among people and respect for finite environmental resources. “Harambe is a representation of something that lets us look at something more than ourselves,” said Ankit Bhati. It’s the same thing that we see at a global scale with capitalism as it stands right now.” “The system shouldn’t have been set up to let happen. “Harambe was vulnerable,” said Robert Giometti. Robert Giometti, Tejay Aluru and Ankit Bhatia, the co-founders of Sapien.Network, an in-development social networking platform "dedicated to putting the needs and welfare of human beings first,” created the display to highlight wealth disparity between the American public and Wall Street businesses.Īccording to a press release, Harambe represents “millions of people who struggle under a system that enriches wealthy elites.”
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