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Welcome. Welcome to City 17.
You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. I thought so much of City 17 that I elected to establish my Administration here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors. I have been proud to call City 17 my home.
And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to City 17.
It's safer here.
dear dr. breen,
what's this about a suppression field?
sincerely,
a concerned citizen
Thank you for writing, Concerned. Of course, your question touches on one of the most basic biological impulses, with all its associated hopes and fears for the future of the species. I also detect some unspoken questions. Do our benefactors really know what's best for us? What gives them the right to make this kind of decision for mankind? Will they ever deactivate the suppression field and let us breed again?
spoiler
Allow me to address the anxieties underlying your concerns, rather than try to answer every possible question you might have left unvoiced. First, let us consider the fact that for the first time ever, as a species, immortality is in our reach. This simple fact has far-reaching implications. It requires radical rethinking and revision of our genetic imperatives. It also requires planning and forethought that run in direct opposition to our neural pre-sets.
I find it helpful at times like these to remind myself that our true enemy is Instinct. Instinct was our mother when we were an infant species. Instinct coddled us and kept us safe in those hardscrabble years when we hardened our sticks and cooked our first meals above a meager fire and startled at the shadows that leapt upon the cavern's walls. But inseparable from Instinct is its dark twin, Superstition. Instinct is inextricably bound to unreasoning impulses, and today we clearly see its true nature. Instinct has just become aware of its irrelevance, and like a cornered beast, it will not go down without a bloody fight. Instinct would inflict a fatal injury on our species. Instinct creates its own oppressors, and bids us rise up against them. Instinct tells us that the unknown is a threat, rather than an opportunity. Instinct slyly and covertly compels us away from change and progress. Instinct, therefore, must be expunged. It must be fought tooth and nail, beginning with the basest of human urges: The urge to reproduce.
We should thank our benefactors for giving us respite from this overpowering force. They have thrown a switch and exorcised our demons in a single stroke. They have given us the strength we never could have summoned to overcome this compulsion. They have given us purpose. They have turned our eyes toward the stars.
Let me assure you that the suppressing field will be shut off on the day that we have mastered ourselves...the day we can prove we no longer need it. And that day of transformation, I have it on good authority, is close at hand.
Fucking hell I hate how sensible this actually sounds
That's how they get you. That and they put something in the water... It makes you forget.
Lead!
Blessed be the fruit.
Should've listened to the anarchists 🤷♂️
If you were worried about anarchists before, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Man y'all didn't tell me you had a whole instance. Now I don't wanna make a new account but like... damn.
Woah woah woah woah.
Any affiliation you may perceive amongst individuals you would label anarchists is purely coincidence. I can certainly guarantee you that the last thing I would do is organize with other anarchists. Well ok, that's not fair, the last thing I would do at all is organize in general. I hate organizing. There's no reason I need to keep my desk clean thank you very much.
Fair, fair, by "you have" I mean that there's a certain critical mass of anarchist leaning individuals in certain instances.
Got some real Paranoia ttrpg vibes here
im a class a citizen because i love super earth so much
Why are B citizens treated better than A citizens?
And that's how you can get the masses to turn on each other.
B for Based
City 17?
I’m doing my part! I’m doing my part! I’m doing my part too! *laughter…
