'Occupy North Pole' Artwork Offends Some, Amuses Others
The transposition of the 99%-1% concept to the North Pole seems like a no-brainer. Santa’s domain is after all a place where all year long, elves slave away making the goods, only to see one privileged white guy bask in all the capitalistic glory.
However, when Austin-based apparel manufacture Despair Inc. unveiled just such a piece of merchandise for pre-order a few days before Thanksgiving, some customers declared themselves less than amused by this year’s artwork:
“It’s mostly emails from people who see the illustration as an endorsement of police brutality and-or a mockery of legitimate civil disobedience,” company rep Justin Sewell tells FishbowlLA via email.
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