“This war has nearly destroyed us.” said Alexander Forster. He coughed from the oppressive smoke before continuing his speech. “Our countries have become self involved, we are no longer able to act in our own best interest without wiping our respective nations off the map and now with a cutting depression in our economies, we are faced with a worldwide sense of revolt.” “So what are we going to do about it? My country can’t survive with the restrictions and sanctions you have imposed on me. At this point, my only escape is total war on the bordering countries.” The room murmured to this with a mix of agreement and disapproval.
“Be patient, I have an idea to all of this. A way for us to remain in power and exercise complete control.”
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“Anyways, we cannot just control how they look from birth. We must also condition them in a sense. My research department has already found a conceivable plan to this but I am sure all of your respective scientists will have input when they begin work together.”
“When they begin to work together? You are being awfully presumptive of all this. What makes you think we will want to work together?”
“You will work with me because we are on the brink of a worldwide economic collapse. And the last time that happened we ended up with our brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers dying in the worst ways possible. We have advanced to the point of mutually assured destruction and the fact that our world survived the biochemical mutilations on our people and atomic strikes on our lands amazes me. So the choice is death of us or our survival.”
“Such a dramatic telling from one of the instigators of the
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I was merely a cog in the machine and me refusing to participate would have been the end of my country. Now let's continue this without interruptions.” Alexander continued on, “Genetic engineering is not the only thing required for our society. We also need to censor virtually all literature and films we have present in our society. Sadness has no place in a society which will be free of emotional and physical strife. Our world is already filled with enough media to distract people but it is still not enough. We need a completely consumerized base of entertainment. There is no money or growth in books. But with hundreds of people working inane games that only produce good feelings then there will be no more depressions! Everyone will have jobs and they will all love them! The world is