The Pretence

They drained all our resources then told us to get desk jobs eating what the slaves in other countries made us. They had torn us away from our families and ecosystems and made us join the mainstream meta-projects. Told us to get specialized. Then the old people and their families who owned the whole country raised rent so high that poor people could never afford anything of their own especially smokers. Immigrants. They made gamblers their slaves and got them to pay all their mortgages. Plus, the cops were always on the lookout for them because they smoked weed. But drinkers were allowed to hit their wives their whole lives and get away with it. Back in their day. Nobody would say anything. At the same time they raised the cost and length of education so that there was never any getting out. Or chances of succeeding in anything meaningful of their own. Or winning. Overall. The kids who had energy were told to sit down. Minimum raise went down to zero and even way down in the negative. That is. Until we inverted the economy. They shat in their own rivers and lakes and hit over roadkill very regularly. Cyclists died all the time. Nobody walked anymore. Farming was frowned upon as poopy work. They paid their workers in dirt. And forced them to volunteer all of their time if they chose to grow organic. So that they would grow nowhere. Covered in ticks. Idiots were having millions of kids and intelligent people were too scared to. Praying that nurture works greater than nature. Until when? The end. All tense. Intense. Pretence.