Hey Everyone!
With some of the rhetoric that keeps getting bandied about by some of our elected representatives, I thought this excerpt from Rainbow Dreams was something that bore repeating. Because the only people who win when regular people fight among themselves are those who are members of the established power structure. And if we want change, we really need to stop dancing to the tune that they call. Peace!
Excerpt from Rainbow Dreams:
The companies that ran the Upworld government made sure to keep the majority of the populace on the margins of survival. They needed a small, relatively stable, and educated pool from which to draw employees who they could work to death, but they also needed to maintain control. Making sure that most people were entirely occupied with making ends meet was the easiest way to keep them from pursuing a more equitable distribution of power. Any remaining energy the drones might have, the companies strove to get them to focus on investing in the belief that they were better off than the underworlders. If any citizen did have the temerity to show the slightest hint of disloyalty to or rebellion from the companies, that person would immediately be banished from Upworld and relegated to the slums of Under City.
This culture of conformity and fanatical devotion to the companies resulted in a tendency among the rank and file of Upworld to resent any effort from the underworlders to improve their situation. After all, their one comfort in life came from the fact that there was someone else who was worse off than them. Without that, it was hard for many of them to face the emptiness of their existence. So they clung to their perceived superiority fiercely, and did everything in their power to protect it.
If you'd like to read more about Upworld and the underworlders, you can get your copy of Rainbow Dreams at the link below. Have a great weekend! :-)
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