The Ballet, sickness Part 2: Noise (continued)

For most of the children in the enclaves, no rx life was good. The corporate state knew that without a firm foundation of children, pharm the highly regulated and controlled society they’d created would topple like bowling pins hit by a canon ball. The threat of war had been eliminated from the planet, and weapons of all kinds were impossible for anyone other than government officials to obtain. The kids were physically safe. Their psychological well being though, well, that was another matter.

The state needed a regular supply of consumers, so children were indoctrinated into consumerism from birth. In school, on vid walls, in nursery rhymes and books, children learned that if they were loyal to the state, the state would be loyal to them. They were taught that wanting more and newer stuff was a good value, and that working hard, or even cheating to get what you want, was not only acceptable, it was encouraged. Those who accumulated the most could hold public office; perhaps even represent their enclave in the Body Corpotik, the corporate-controlled group that represented all the enclaves in the world. If a one worked hard enough and acquired a truly amazing amount of stuff, one might become Supreme CEO someday.

At first, corporate control of the global political, economic, and social system was subtle. But as time went on and racial and economic enclaves were created, people quickly realized they no longer had any say in social or economic systems. While there was a small resistance at first, they couldn’t compete against the armies of the corporations, and were quickly eliminated. The state then went to work obliterating the resistance from people’s memories, keeping them drugged up on an ever-increasing flow of high tech gear, chemical-laced food, houses, cars, and both legal and illegal designer drugs. Then, they started constantly blaring advertising and propaganda from train and building vid-windows, further weakening a person’s resistance. Once the state developed iGod (and coerced people into joining), the masses had been completely opiated. This took many decades, but now, the idea of revolution had become so foreign, that the word revolution itself had virtually disappeared from the language. The state certainly made sure it had disappeared from any reference materials.

To be continued…