Matthew Graybosch on Nostr: #WritingWonders 7/19: Does your MC support the status quo in their world? Only with ...
#WritingWonders 7/19: Does your MC support the status quo in their world?
Only with reluctance. Morgan Cooper knows that the Phoenix Society is corrupt and that it doesn't live up to its stated ideals. He knows that a slave trade based on the involuntary transportation of political and economic criminals has fueled humanity's expansion beyond Earth.
Yet under its rule prosperity on Earth is more widely distributed, poverty is all but non-existent, and people are free to make what they will of their lives. They work far fewer hours while earning far more in exchange for their work. Outside the Society tyranny, corruption, and exploitation are swiftly and mercilessly punished, thus curbing the excesses of the pre-Nationfall neoliberal capitalist world order. Likewise, with the existence of people who aren't homo sapiens having become general knowledge, in-species bigotry is not nearly as prevalent as it once was. Merely starting a war is considered a war crime, and any government that attempts to maintain a standing military is immediately overthrown and replaced. And while monotheists of all denominations have become a small, frequently despised, and occasionally persecuted minority sectarian violence has also fallen dramatically.
Morgan also knows that if he were to expose the truth and bring the system crashing down, he'd be responsible for the destabilization of billions of lives as factions vie for the chance to fill the ensuing power vacuum, and there's no guarantee that by overthrowing the existing tyranny he's not helping to set the stage for something far worse. Nevertheless, he still feels that he ought to speak up. The people have a right to know and to decide for themselves.
All prompts for this month are collected on my website at <starbreaker.org/blog/writing-w…>.
prompts by Alina Leonova (npub127n…yf0u) 🌛🦋Amelia Kayne (hiatus)🦋🌜 (npub19qs…44zq) Branwen OShea (she/her) (npub1kdq…yrjv)
Only with reluctance. Morgan Cooper knows that the Phoenix Society is corrupt and that it doesn't live up to its stated ideals. He knows that a slave trade based on the involuntary transportation of political and economic criminals has fueled humanity's expansion beyond Earth.
Yet under its rule prosperity on Earth is more widely distributed, poverty is all but non-existent, and people are free to make what they will of their lives. They work far fewer hours while earning far more in exchange for their work. Outside the Society tyranny, corruption, and exploitation are swiftly and mercilessly punished, thus curbing the excesses of the pre-Nationfall neoliberal capitalist world order. Likewise, with the existence of people who aren't homo sapiens having become general knowledge, in-species bigotry is not nearly as prevalent as it once was. Merely starting a war is considered a war crime, and any government that attempts to maintain a standing military is immediately overthrown and replaced. And while monotheists of all denominations have become a small, frequently despised, and occasionally persecuted minority sectarian violence has also fallen dramatically.
Morgan also knows that if he were to expose the truth and bring the system crashing down, he'd be responsible for the destabilization of billions of lives as factions vie for the chance to fill the ensuing power vacuum, and there's no guarantee that by overthrowing the existing tyranny he's not helping to set the stage for something far worse. Nevertheless, he still feels that he ought to speak up. The people have a right to know and to decide for themselves.
All prompts for this month are collected on my website at <starbreaker.org/blog/writing-w…>.
prompts by Alina Leonova (npub127n…yf0u) 🌛🦋Amelia Kayne (hiatus)🦋🌜 (npub19qs…44zq) Branwen OShea (she/her) (npub1kdq…yrjv)