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Weird. In a model of post-apocalyptical life, the only people out and cleaning up are the constables. Erasing graffiti, clearing rubble, tending to bodies found in culverts. And this is supposed to be anti-police? Not what I took away from it. I guess I'm missing some cultural assumptions. Which makes it just sad.


If you grew up in the 90's in the UK you'd sort of recognise something from stuff like the road protest movement, free parties etc - the ubiquitous hi-viz jackets of the police. To understand the cultural context think about those lines of Hunter S Thompson about the hippie movement as a wave of love and optimism. This diorama is what is left behind when the wave breaks and ebbs away. I wonder if the serotonin receptors in Jimmy's brain have just burnt out - maybe that is why it's so bleak...


The police building their headquarters as a '323 metre solid gold pyramid that harks to the Tower of Babel' seems pretty on-the-nose. https://vimeo.com/151955927


the pyramid is sponsored by Greggs.


The UK doesn't have the same anti-police sentiment you find in the US.

In the UK the police are held to a high standard and are generally respected for the hard work they do.


Erm. Where in the UK does that happen exactly?




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