Fear not, I am here to provide! Because, you see, Steven Heller, at Imprint, The Online Community for Graphic Designers, has written an extensive analysis comparing slave ships to economy class seatings on airplanes:
Ever notice how similar the seating plans of airplanes resemble the more horrific layout (yet efficient design of those slave ships)? Could airplane designers be unconsciously influenced by them?
No, Mr. Heller, I never noticed and I suspect I didn’t because the comparison and the historical implications are so outlandish, so offensive that they wouldn’t cross the average person’s mind.
At the link above, graphics and more (which I am not including because they make me feel vaguely dirty).
(H/T to tenderhooligan for the link).
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