When the World Died — A Story
I remember when talk of the end of the world was just that … talk. It was only talk of the future. No one actually thought the day would really come, and no one actually did anything to prevent it, at least the majority of the world. Majority decides fate, so we were fucked from the beginning. We, as humans, use what we have till we use it all, and then we find a work around to keep going. We bring destruction with our creation. We have never awakened from our need to be God.
It was no surprise our science revolved around health care. We only think of money, and people never stop dying. Add years to a person’s life, and you have instant money. Money goes hand in hand with fear, and the fear of death will drive most people to spend their life earnings. We have learned how to grow body parts and synthetic muscle. This was essentially all we needed…in a way, but our brains were not made to last this long. We now had the choice to live up to around 150 and 175. It wasn’t a pretty sight to watch the mind at this age. The controversy behind this science lead to laws that forced death at a certain age. Plus we were overpopulating our world. The church was at a constant war with this science and grew in power because of it. Because of the political power this controversy gave the church, they only pretended to care, but they really only cared about the money and control of the people. Was there ever…
