Slavery is still around but it doesn't get anything like the coverage that it should.

You got busted for pot? That would have been scary before the last half-decade. The story puts that funny meme more into perspective as less funny (The beatings will continue until the complaints stop). We all assume that our humor is understood in a universal way but it's really not. Libs tend to have a sarcastic humor that Con's don't understand. They hear the joke as a serious intention, or insult, and get mad. This is a great case for how meme's are based on truth and unfunny to those suffering it.

Isn't that what USA does to the rest of the world? Either sanction or threaten to beat you up unless you do what you're told?