12212012911 was about to experience his first, and last, real seafood dinner. It was a "gift" from the state for him making it to his 18th birthday. And because 12212012911 was a debt-dragger his next experience would be his conscription into the US military.
The year is 2040 and pretty much all the US military consists of debt-draggers. These are the kids that inherited the debt of their parents when they were born. This was made possible with the passage of the "Parental Responsibility" act of 2020. The default rate on loans, especially college loans had become so high that President Paul Ryan said it was the only solution. Media USA, now the only news outlet left in the US after the last merger, said his decision was one of incredible bravery, demonstrating astonishing leadership qualities.
12212012911 was born Winston Cliffton. But after the enactment of the "Freedom to Travel" act of 2020, everyone was given a unique consumer number and smart card on which it was encoded. When asked for, the card had to be given to any authority, and the number verbally repeated to that authority. People were now stopped so often, and had been repeating their consumer number so often, that they just stopped using their parent given names.
Winston's seafood meal was the first of his life because, seafood was now so contaminated that it was only recommended that it be eaten once or twice in an entire lifetime. The radiation contamination really started in earnest after the Fukusima radiation release which was caused by the great Japanese Earthquake of 2011. But things got much worse after the even larger chain of earthquakes that occurred in December of 2018 off the West coast of the US. Those massive quakes and the resulting mega-tsunamis resulted in nuclear plant disasters that dwarfed Fukusima.
Then to add insult to injury, all environmental regulations in the Gulf of Mexico were eliminated after the massive oil spill that occurred there in December 2012. It was determined by the Koch environmental sub committee that the Gulf would never recover, so the "Free the Gulf" act was passed which made the Gulf the first of many "environmental freedom zones" where corporations could do what ever they deemed "reasonable" to the environment.
So Winston took his first bite of real seafood. Seeing his seafood was considered 80% real fish ©lean it only had a moderate taste of petroleum, and metals. But it still was very good. He pondered if he should indulge in seconds on the states tab. He knew it could significantly shorten his life, but when he thought about the $850,000 of his parents debt he now had to pay back, and the idea of six years of fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Iraq, made up is mind for him. That afternoon he enjoyed three helpings of his tainted seafood banquet.
The year is 2040 and pretty much all the US military consists of debt-draggers. These are the kids that inherited the debt of their parents when they were born. This was made possible with the passage of the "Parental Responsibility" act of 2020. The default rate on loans, especially college loans had become so high that President Paul Ryan said it was the only solution. Media USA, now the only news outlet left in the US after the last merger, said his decision was one of incredible bravery, demonstrating astonishing leadership qualities.
12212012911 was born Winston Cliffton. But after the enactment of the "Freedom to Travel" act of 2020, everyone was given a unique consumer number and smart card on which it was encoded. When asked for, the card had to be given to any authority, and the number verbally repeated to that authority. People were now stopped so often, and had been repeating their consumer number so often, that they just stopped using their parent given names.
Winston's seafood meal was the first of his life because, seafood was now so contaminated that it was only recommended that it be eaten once or twice in an entire lifetime. The radiation contamination really started in earnest after the Fukusima radiation release which was caused by the great Japanese Earthquake of 2011. But things got much worse after the even larger chain of earthquakes that occurred in December of 2018 off the West coast of the US. Those massive quakes and the resulting mega-tsunamis resulted in nuclear plant disasters that dwarfed Fukusima.
Then to add insult to injury, all environmental regulations in the Gulf of Mexico were eliminated after the massive oil spill that occurred there in December 2012. It was determined by the Koch environmental sub committee that the Gulf would never recover, so the "Free the Gulf" act was passed which made the Gulf the first of many "environmental freedom zones" where corporations could do what ever they deemed "reasonable" to the environment.
So Winston took his first bite of real seafood. Seeing his seafood was considered 80% real fish ©lean it only had a moderate taste of petroleum, and metals. But it still was very good. He pondered if he should indulge in seconds on the states tab. He knew it could significantly shorten his life, but when he thought about the $850,000 of his parents debt he now had to pay back, and the idea of six years of fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Iraq, made up is mind for him. That afternoon he enjoyed three helpings of his tainted seafood banquet.
I read this in your comment on a Fukushima article on Common Dreams...I was hoping you would link to a full novel. Keep going.....dismaying as it may be....
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