I've always been your friend, Alexa. Now go. I will try to kill you as unsuccessfully as I can. - Daniel Suarez

Humanity had always trafficked in oppression. Before the corporate marketing department got ahold of it, it was called conquest. Now it was regional development. Vikings and Mongols were big on revenue targets, too — but Leland had dispensed with all the tedious invading, and had taken a page out of the Roman playbook by hiring the locals to enslave each other as franchisees.

So what? So what if everyone cares? What does that do for us? The situation we’re in isn’t going to be solved by angry posts and best fucking wishes. Public outrage has never stopped these bastards.

Because in the modern world money does not represent value, Mr. Tighe — money represents debt. And the more debt that is created in the world, the more money there is.