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Unfortunately, this is not science fiction. It is the near future. Thus, I'm collapse accepting.

The situation in Gaza is also part of this. Murdering innocent people corralled in an area with no escape, and bombing them day after day for almost a year is part of the dystopian present. BTW, they are already starving in Gaza. We will be remembered for Gaza, if there are any libraries left in 100 years.

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“Soylent Green is people!!!” 😱

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Fiction. In reality it will be a lot worse than this for most people, and there will be a lot more violence. It will be a blessing to die in your GMO saturated sleep rather than be fileted by a hungry, well-armed, foreign mob who has transitioned from cats and dogs and city park ducks to human flesh. And they will filet you after they rape your wife and daughters in front of you.

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This is already happening in Palestine and Gaza. Just saying.

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There is a reason why I wrote this story, indeed.

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Nice story. Seems realistic to me.

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Insightful story of a future that might not be too far off.

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I appreciate the effort that went into this, but it seems rather homogenous.

What has happened to the people self-sustaining far from civilization? The ecovillages? The native people?

And what about the nut case "freedom" movement people? They can resist vaccines and storm the Capital, but they somehow just gave up the fight?

Even Russia and Nazi Germany were not successful in totally eliminating their outliers.

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Sep 18·edited Sep 18Author

That's right, but this is a short piece of fiction -- so it has to be focused on a certain viewpoint. Then, there are many viewpoints, but you will be able to read about that in my upcoming book "The Age of Exterminations" (not for the faint hearted!)

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It’s not that different from ww2 war socialism America had.

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I feel like the clock struck 13 at some point during that story.

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There is an excellent solution for food problem in the West. Chinese will be more than happy to let you mail order it from Ali Express.

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Baphomet would be pleased with the ending.

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Yes, this is how it could be. Great story.

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