Equality
They’d been warned. Slightly less than three quarters of the world’s population had so far complied.
The information urging people to act had been out for the past year, and ads and TV spots had angered many people with the government’s constant nagging to study all of the choices available, as soon as possible, because many people would choose something and then change their mind and want to exchange for something different. They were warned that waiting too long would carve away at their getting the best choices.
It was a pretty good and fair thing the government was doing actually. Those folks who plan well could continue to enjoy nearly as much variety as they do now, as they would use their time to plan correctly. Unfortunately, a relatively small percentage of people are good at planning anything, so a large number, possibly a majority, would be getting the standard Government Issued selections.
The idea wasn’t that there were going to be high-value items for some and low-value items for others. If they did that, it would tarnish the whole basis for why the decision was made to redistribute in the first place. You can’t have a system that promises to redistribute the world’s wealth and then also plays favorites. Under the new system, every single person on earth over 18 years old starts at the same level of worth.
The first days and weeks after the redistribution went into effect, saw lots of trouble in the ways people responded. Problems sprang up almost immediately, with the people who had the idea that because they now were as wealthy as all of the previous wealthiest people, they deserved red carpet treatment everywhere they would go, just like those former big shots who were now their equals got.
They didn’t understand that the redistribution was meant to level things out, not to bring one class down or push the other class up. It’s amazing how some still see economic equality as an opportunity for personal gain. Most also didn’t understand why this new system initiative of “shopping for the decade” became necessary once redistribution occurred.
Everything was now done by computational power and resources, robots and artificial intelligence. Jobs for humans had been completely phased out rather quickly - within 6 months actually.
Many had complained that former celebrities and other “rich” people were likely still getting favor over everyone else, without any evidence such a claim was true. Tackling greed seems to illustrate that good old jealousy also needs attention.
The redistribution served another purpose, and it’s still up in the air whether it was a planned or unintentional success. We’re talking about the fact that practically everything has changed in the influence game. It had previously been plagued with sell-outs and deep pockets. Now, that blackmail had essentially been wiped out, some who once had great power had no choice but to accept equality.
Even though this new stage of economic evolution has seen surprising success in molding new lifestyles for the masses of humans worldwide to enjoy, there are still quite a few people who are very upset that the redistribution took place.
Their main beef? They complain that the redistribution made people “equal” to them, but it’s a lie. They claim “those people” will never actually be equal to them.
It may take a generation or two before new things become normal.
Equality © free-reign 2019
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