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Sunday, September 18, 2022

suppose


by genghis gilgamesh



suppose

just suppose

everybody in the world was a rebel

and everybody in the world did their own thing every minute of every day

and nobody told anybody else what to do

and nobody did what anybody else told them to do

would you like that?

what would you do?

would you like to be a billionaire?

what would you make a billion dollars doing?

suppose nobody wanted to buy the things you were making and selling?

suppose nobody wanted to work for the company making your billions?

suppose nobody wanted to be your lawyer or accountant or agent?

suppose nobody wanted wanted to work in your security force to protect you?

all these people would be rebels too, and nobody could tell them what to do, and they could do whatever they wanted

would you be a movie star, or a movie director, or a pop star?

suppose nobody wanted to watch your movies, or listen to your songs?

suppose all the other 8 billion people in the world wanted to be movie stars or pop stars too, would you want to watch all their movies and listen to all their songs?

would you have the time to watch all their movies and listen to all their songs, even if you wanted to?

would they have the time to listen to your songs and watch your movies?

suppose you wanted to be an artist or poet?

suppose all 8 billion people in the world were artists or poets?

2 billion rimbauds , 2 billion van goghs, 2 billion sylvia plaths, and 2 billion frida kahlos.

suppose rimbaud number 788904 and frida kahlo number 13976594 wanted to meet at a coffee shop in columbus ohio?

would there be any coffee in the coffee shop? how would it get there from brazil?

robots.

suppose all 8 billion people wanted to be serial killers?

and nobody wanted to be a homicide detective matching wits with and tracking down serial killers?

that might work itself out

suppose all 8 billion people wanted to sit home and watch tv all day?

who would produce the tv shows?

robots

who would star in the shows?

robots. holograms. simulations

suppose all 8 billion people wanted to play quarterback for the tampa bay buccaneers?

that might present a problem


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