> Bas-reliefs on the origins of (our) Label World
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In Label World, the last Animals to be created by the three Vital Forces are the Illegally Imported Purebred Dogs. Together with these Dogs, Beauty Contests for Animals and Cats are also created.
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Finally Humans arrive in Label World. The first Human Beings to be created by the three Vital Forces are the Migrants, in particular the migrants shipwrecked in the Mediterranean Sea. Life Jackets, Inflatables, and Smugglers are also created at exactly the same time.
At Label World, migrants of all kinds exist, scattered and suffering in all its regions. Migrants of land and sea, forced to move for many serious reasons.
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The second Human Group to be created is that of the Followers. Also created at the same time are the Sports Fans, Groupies, all types of Flags (even historical ones), and Scarves bearing the names of sports idols and teams.
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Another important and very large Human Group that appears in Label World is that of Prisoners, men and women of all ages and geographical backgrounds. With them, Prison Guards, Bunk Beds, and Yard Time are also created.
The Prisoners of Label World include both those who have committed crimes and those who are detained without a reason.
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Yet another new Human Group appears. This time, the three Vital Forces create Call Centre Operators. Along with them, Headphones, Partitions Between the Stations, and Mobile Phone Blacklists are also created.
The Call Centre Operators of Label World include both those who provide useful information to users who call them and those who call to propose unlikely commercial offers.
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Foreign Family Caregivers are now created in Label World. With them, Wheelchairs and Stools & Chairs for Bathtubs are also created.
The foreign family caregivers are a sort of guardian angels, which is why in the picture they are wearing a blue dress.
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The Human Group that the three Vital Forces decide to create now is Smuggling Fishermen, who are active especially in lakes and rivers but also in the seas. One of their favourite prey is the Sheatfish (depicted in the picture). Together with the smuggling fishermen, Fish Stunners, Fishing Nets, Carps, Pikes and Zanders are also created.
These poachers destroy lakes and river ecosystems and market contaminated or inedible fish.
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The Human Group that the three Vital Forces now create (Homeless) will unfortunately soon spread to Label World and will become one of its most representative social problems. Together with the homeless, Poverty and Almsgiving are created.
It is interesting to notice that carton board characterizes both the life of the homeless and one of the most profitable economic activities in Label World: e-commerce.
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Those Who Die in the Workplace are now being created. Those Who are Injured in the Workplace and Those Who Suffer Mutilation are also created with them.
Workplace accidents also spread quickly across all Label World regions.
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The last of the first Human Groups to be created by the three Vital Forces Standardization, Homologation and Individualism is the Grave Robbers. With them, Fake Archaeological Finds are also created.
The damage to scientific research caused by the criminal activity of grave robbers can never be highlighted enough. The picture depicts Etruscan vases in bucchero (above) and Greek Attic vases (below) recovered by the police.
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