Stories tagged “capitalism”
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Pursuit of the Free Market
The Crimson Horde tore through the deteriorating defenses of what was formerly the extensively fortified capital of Kar-Arak. They had expected at least a partial response against their noisy incursion, but had so far encountered nothing but abandoned ...
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A Poem I Wrote at 1:55 in the Morning.
Once upon a time there was a Man, Who deigned to spend the time upon a Plan. He tweaked, adjusted, and refined his pet Until one day his efforts were all set. Some other Men he soon had to employ, And they deservèd all that they enjoyed. Quite soon, a...
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Endless Cycle
Harry looked out over the landscape. I don’t find enough time for that these days, he thought. He spent his days in front of his boss’s LCD computer monitor. He spent his nights in front of his LCD television he had bought with the money he earned ...
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Consumer Indecision in the post-Apocalypse
When I make a big purchase, I sleep on it. Which is why I spent the night tossing and turning in a moldy sleeping bag in a storm sewer while predatory creatures stalked the streets above me, as I thought about the item I was going to buy. It’s a...
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pink pills and daffodils
taken down for complication of portfolio, 2012
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Capitali$m
Dusk in New York hasn’t three pillars of ecstasy, nor the benign grace of white doves basking in the perfume of ponds. Dusk in New York gloams off tremendous window panes. Soft chic ends edge sharply, looming over brooding despair looking up at prosp...