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Friday, November 8, 2002

Advertising the British Police State

London boasts about its extensive CCTV camera network on streets and buses.

Across London, these posters can be seen telling us all that we are ‘Secure beneath The Watchful Eyes’ of the Metropolitan Police. I cannot tell you how much better that makes me feel. The imagery is pure 1930’s/1940’s and conjurors up the ‘Golden Age of Totalitarianism’. [more…]

This picture (from the article linked above) would fit right into the movie Brazil, alongside the ?Happiness: We?re All In It Together‚? and ?Don?t Suspect a Friend. Report Him.? posters.

   Society, General  Posted at 1:48 AM   

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