Oppressive Cartoons and Comics

"I suppose it was just a matter of time before they roofed the whole thing over."

Kafka at his typewriter

Please be seated. A jack booted government thug will be with you shortly.

"I'm warning all of you. In the future, only normal brutality will be tolerated."

"He gets a little bolder every time we pass by."

Utopia - a necessarily restrictive and conformist social structure.

Surveillance cameras. One belonging to the police, the other belonging to the thought police (and looking at the man's thought balloon).

'Henderson, we need to speak about your management style.'

The Tyranny of Talent

Not just your money but your liberty too!

'I wanted shorter hours, so he cut my breaks.'

"You don't get an office. You get cargo pants."

"Don't blame me! Blame the system!"

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

Land of the free* *terms and conditions apply

Ten minutes later, the rescue helicopter landed...

"I love freedom!"

'I thought my people were happy, I know I was.

'Sorry about the oppression and the despotism, folks, but it's all part of my plan to return government to the people.'

'I knew it - the Orwellian nightmare is coming true.'

Utopia - a necessarily restrictive and conformist social structure.

Department of Complaints Against the State.

'I agree with the government.'

Different agents of social control through the ages, based on the notion that you are being watched.