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Britain’s current government can be alarmingly Scarfolk-like at times. Take this graphic tweeted by the Prime Minister: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1

Britain’s current government can be alarmingly Scarfolk-like at times. Take this graphic tweeted by the Prime Minister: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1633158789103747072 https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1633158789103747072 “If you come to the UK illegally you will be DENIED access to the UK’s modern slavery system” Put that in a 70s typeface and slightly weathered poster appearance and it’s pure Scarfolk.

actionfromafar 3y ago
Wow. Nor “spurious human rights claims”.
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ben_w 3y ago
I think the reality inspired the satire. E.g. the (also very 1984) "SECURE BENEATH THE WATCHFUL EYES" poster from 2002: https://art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm https://art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm And the banned 1997 Conservative election campaign posters: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/guardianwitness-blog/2015/mar/13/calling-all-art-students-alternative-general-election-posters-competition-challenge#img-2 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/guardianwitness-blo...
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  Whether it be Hateful 8, Scarfolk, Simpsons, Life of Brian, 1984, or Brave New World, doesn't reality always inform the satire?
- howerj 3y ago
  The phrase "Secure beneath the watchful eyes" really reminds of the Techno-utopian poem "All watched over by machines of loving grace", it has the same bold wrong-headed naive optimism in a higher power able to keep us safe, like a security blanket.
thriftwy 3y ago
"Modern slavery system" is hilarious, but even more worrying is claim that one might ever lose the modern society's protrection against being enslaved under some conditions.
- scotty79 3y ago
  I'm not saying we are gonna enslave you. Buuut...
  - paulmd 3y ago
    “But you were duly convicted in a court of law…”
- cookie_monsta 3y ago
  > "Modern slavery system" is hilarious Admittedly, their modern system is a huge improvement over v1
  - dennis_jeeves2 3y ago
    Quote: “Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors”
    - cookie_monsta 3y ago
      Hmm, cute but I think all this talk of wage slavery kind of downplays the horror of the original. I mean I don't like getting up in the morning either, but really?
      - badcppdev 3y ago
        It also downplays the horrors of current slavery that people are subject to around the world.
CapeTheory 3y ago
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Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
Wow. I thought your quoted sentence would be a rephrasing, but it's what he's literally endorsing. Disgusting.
gizajob 3y ago
The irony…
jl6 3y ago
It’s a spectacularly poorly worded graphic, but in case you’re wondering, it’s about alleged abuse of modern slavery protections to artificially delay deportation, not a threat to enslave people: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9744/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...

actionfromafar 3y ago

Wow. Nor “spurious human rights claims”.

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ben_w 3y ago

I think the reality inspired the satire. E.g. the (also very 1984) "SECURE BENEATH THE WATCHFUL EYES" poster from 2002: https://art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm https://art-for-a-change.com/News/eyes.htm And the banned 1997 Conservative election campaign posters: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/guardianwitness-blog/2015/mar/13/calling-all-art-students-alternative-general-election-posters-competition-challenge#img-2 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/guardianwitness-blo...

082349872349872 3y ago
Whether it be Hateful 8, Scarfolk, Simpsons, Life of Brian, 1984, or Brave New World, doesn't reality always inform the satire?
howerj 3y ago
The phrase "Secure beneath the watchful eyes" really reminds of the Techno-utopian poem "All watched over by machines of loving grace", it has the same bold wrong-headed naive optimism in a higher power able to keep us safe, like a security blanket.

thriftwy 3y ago

"Modern slavery system" is hilarious, but even more worrying is claim that one might ever lose the modern society's protrection against being enslaved under some conditions.

scotty79 3y ago
I'm not saying we are gonna enslave you. Buuut...
- paulmd 3y ago
  “But you were duly convicted in a court of law…”
cookie_monsta 3y ago
> "Modern slavery system" is hilarious Admittedly, their modern system is a huge improvement over v1
- dennis_jeeves2 3y ago
  Quote: “Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors”
  - cookie_monsta 3y ago
    Hmm, cute but I think all this talk of wage slavery kind of downplays the horror of the original. I mean I don't like getting up in the morning either, but really?
    - badcppdev 3y ago
      It also downplays the horrors of current slavery that people are subject to around the world.

CapeTheory 3y ago

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Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago

Wow. I thought your quoted sentence would be a rephrasing, but it's what he's literally endorsing. Disgusting.

gizajob 3y ago

The irony…

jl6 3y ago

It’s a spectacularly poorly worded graphic, but in case you’re wondering, it’s about alleged abuse of modern slavery protections to artificially delay deportation, not a threat to enslave people: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9744/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-...