Bathroom Monologue: Unbeatable Government

“They built the first new homes after the last apocalypse. They built the first city and the first shipyard. They sorted out who was alive out on the islands, and connected them back to us. They don’t only print the money. They control the minerals, farming, and the pepper trade. They’re the only ones in the hemisphere constructing printing presses. Insulting as it is, they can get away with turning three islands into prison camps and jailing people without cause. They pretty much re-invented right and wrong. The Contiguities didn’t save our culture; they built it. We can’t just rebel, not against the institution that made everyone’s clothes and breakfast possible. We can’t just rebel. We have to compete.”