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The Yellow Kid

1 pointsby amitlzkpaalmost 5 years ago

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082349872349872almost 5 years ago
For anyone who doubts that Huxley was satirising the 1930&#x27;s in <i>Brave New World</i>, consider his list of newspapers:<p>&quot;In the basement and on the low floors were the presses and offices of the three great London newspapers–The Hourly Radio, an upper-caste sheet, the pale green Gamma Gazette, and, on khaki paper and in words exclusively of one syllable, The Delta Mirror.&quot;<p>Ignoring &quot;chav check&quot; (is that even still a thing?), we don&#x27;t yet have colour-coded caste outfits, but we do already have the <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ft.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ft.com</a> .