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"Unemployment was over 30 percent going into the November 2020
elections, and while Trump was defeated in a landslide, he refused to
concede. The opposition candidate, an elderly former vice president
named Joe Biden, suddenly died in December, and the rest of his
Democratic Party did little to contest Trump's seizure of power.
However, at this point the enormous U.S. military, which had been
ravaged by the virus only for Trump to fire commanders who begged for
help for their troops, turned on the president. Some Marine divisions
remained loyal to the president, but they were routed in a battle
outside Richmond. Trump attempted to flee to Slovenia, but he was
captured by Interpol after being betrayed by his son-in-law and put on
trial at the Hague.
This in turn prompted several blocs of states, which had formed to
coordinate haphazard coronavirus responses, to declare independence.
After two more decades of grinding wars, that brought us more or less to
the current reality of nine separate states — four democratic republics,
two military dictatorships, one kingdom, and two failed states. All are
constantly squabbling with one another and all are places where
civilized people fear to tread."
Via Meep.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
