The Narrative – The Last Days Part b
Does it sound crazy to have identity chips in our bodies so that the government can keep track of us? What if it could be justified in the name of keeping us safe from terrorists who would try to enter the country? I’m not so sure things like that won’t happen in the future and this newest blog entry explores some of those possibilities. Let me know on Facebook if you think my ideas crazy:
“’If we are to love and respect each other,’ she protested, ‘why can’t I be allowed to let my conscience decide whether I want to pay homage to Orenam? I don’t hate him, but I also don’t agree with his philosophy. Why should I be forced to do so?’ she asked.
“The police did not know what to say in reply, so they let her go. For the next ten years it was tolerated to not transfer identity waves to Orenam, but it was taboo, even scorned.
“When that ten year period was over, she (and all those like her) was forced by the police to pay a fine and not allowed to trade in the marketplace, as it was with anyone who refused to transfer their identity waves to Orenam’s governance.
“Thus many of those who refused joined an underground market, so they could buy food and uncontaminated water. Many were already self-sustaining farmers and became suppliers for that market.
“But quickly that market was deemed unconstitutional and Orenam even called it ‘un-community minded’, speaking of the importance of self-sacrifice for a greater cause rather than selfish interest for the individual. ‘This selfish mindedness has been the cause of all our problems from the dawn of our memory as humanity: greed, war, and corruption were built on this kind of selfish mindedness.’
“Thus Orenam ordered that all persons were required to transfer identity wave rights to the government, which was ‘representative of the people’.
“At that time underground surgeons helped many remove their identity chips. Elizabeth had the surgery done, using all her life-savings to pay for it. Her particular surgeon was a kind man, but could afford no anesthesia. He removed the chip from her wrist and gave her strong whiskey as a pain reliever. Now she was on the run. She was selling soap in the underground market that she made herself. All those in the underground market bartered their resources and moved from town to town, living on the streets and in the countryside.
“On one occasion two well-dressed men followed her so closely that she couldn’t trade at all for three days. Secret police were always pursuing those who traded in the underground, sometimes arresting them, sometimes unable to find them. However, in the third decade after Orenam’s government was instated, he set up ‘educational complexes’ which were designed to ‘spur on the evolutionary process’. People there were forced to attend classes, kept awake for days with certain drugs in place of food, and given work assignments designed to enhance brain activity. Assignments ranged from computer programming to typing government materials.
“If a person refused to comply they were taken in for interviews, starved, and subjected to ‘repetitive therapy’, which included being forced into a room where the ‘patient’ was made to hear loud messages from Orenam over and over again for hours, even days at a time. If the subject still refused he or she was sent into difficult and dangerous labor, usually working with heavy metals, oils or coal mining. In the following years some even died in the process. Some recanted and joined the ‘party of freedom.’
“For eight years Elizabeth was able to evade the secret police. But one night, while she slept behind a dumpster in an alley in Buffalo, New York, she was spotted and taken into custody.
“After the police violated her, they sent her to the nearest educational complex on a glider (a small vehicle that hovered above the ground.) Once she arrived there she was taken to her quarters and given meal pills for sustenance and boiled water to drink. She spent that night in tears rather than sleep. The next morning she was taken to her first class at the sound of the intercom. ‘Class begins in five minutes.’ And an escort came to take her there. After she dressed she walked to the classroom with the escort close behind her, down a hallway and to the left. There she sat down with twenty or so other ladies and a tall woman in a police uniform entered the room.
“She spoke with authority. ‘Too many days have passed with war and hardship for us to forsake so great a cause as this. We cannot allow anything or anyone to infringe on this new age of peace and freedom. If you don’t understand now, you will. We are not here to incite hate, but tolerance. There can be no greater cause than this. We welcome Elizabeth to our school, our newest arrival.’ All eyes were fixed on Elizabeth now. She peered downward at the floor. The instructor continued, ‘Elizabeth called herself a Christian, another label, another religion. But Elizabeth will learn who she is uniquely and not to label herself as such things. We are all one, yet we are all special. She will learn the true nature of her faith and ours. Faith is good. We need to believe, so do not persecute her for her beliefs. Only love her and she will understand.’
“Elizabeth looked up now. ‘Is this what you call love? Your fellow police officers raped me and forced me to come here. You know nothing of Christ and His love. But if you are so tolerant then let me go free and practice my faith as I choose.’
“Other ladies yelled, ‘Here, here!’ and ‘Amen!’ But the instructor’s voice carried through the room even louder than theirs. ‘If you have a complaint with the police it may be filed, but do not resort to false accusations to prove your point. Freedom is not in the old ideologies. You must allow yourself to evolve beyond superstitions of the past that caused war and division. The only thing that will not be tolerated is intolerance and your interpretation of religion does not tolerate any other way, lifestyle, or creed. Therefore it cannot be tolerated in the new age of true tolerance. Yet we tolerate you as a fellow human being, giving you a place to live, food to eat, free education, health care and many other rewards as you progress in knowledge and understanding. We’re here to help you, not to harm you. Finally we have world peace. All the nations are under one banner. We are the world. We can now explore the farthest galaxies together as a united humanity. How can you oppose such a wondrous ideal? Can’t you see the wisdom in this, dear Elizabeth?’ she asked with a smile.
(to be continued…)