A doddering old man, surrounded only by the trained technocratic instruments of oligarchic power, some zealous priests of their preferred racialist woke religion, & a few examples of *trans*humanism, giving a speech to carefully arranged flags in a heavily militarized Capitol...
All are carefully vetted for their political views by the secret state police. All papers checked. The opposition and regular citizenry alike must not be in attendance. Only a few residents of the imperial city whose papers check out may meander about. A wall must be built...
He says: a new, more powerful secret police must now be established to surveil domestic opponents, corporations must publicly echo the stance of The Party at every turn & forbid wrongthink & speech, & impoverished subjects must be brought in from all the nations of the earth...
He says: We must come together now as one—and ensure that the division of the past remains in the past, forever. The insurrection will be put down. Never again shall we allow such opposition. Together, we shall fuse as one. Together, we shall “heal”.
This is—as the cold wind whips the empty field of flags—this is who we are.
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