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<p>There&rsquo;s only so many times I can call it a shithole, I guess.</p>
<p>South of the 50th parallel or so, most everyone lives belowground and works above ground. We went on a few trips out east to visit the Hadjes and I always got a kick out of it for the first few days, running through tunnels ahead of the family, looking up at the balconies, all that sort of thing. Eventually, though, I&rsquo;d grow tired of life in a linear strip, with nothing further away than a few hundred yards to focus on.</p>
<p>Lets see, what else.</p>
<p>There&rsquo;s two main governmental powers, loosely dividing the planet into the Northwest and Southeast hemispheres, plus couple dozen smaller jurisdictions that will come and go every decade or so. We talked about various wars, uprisings, troubles, etc in the past, but there weren&rsquo;t really any when I was down there other than the occasional saber rattle. The two blocks were basically trade divisions centering on the Atlantic and Pacific. Overland trade is pretty rare and mostly automated, but still runs the risk of breakdowns, etc. Easier to do things by sea, I guess.</p>
<p>There&rsquo;s two main governmental powers, loosely dividing the planet into the Northwest and Southeast hemispheres, plus a couple dozen smaller jurisdictions that will come and go every decade or so. We talked about various wars, uprisings, troubles, etc in the past, but there weren&rsquo;t really any when I was down there other than the occasional saber rattle. The two blocks were basically trade divisions centering on the Atlantic and Pacific. Overland trade is pretty rare and mostly automated, but still runs the risk of breakdowns, etc. Easier to do things by sea, I guess.</p>
<p>The ultimate cynicism of capitalism remains, though we were taught that it ebbs and flows. When I was down there, it was on its way out of a trough, where social services were being cut back, wage gaps increasing, etc etc. Rich folks lived at the poles, poor near the equator. Rich folks ate meat, poor folks ate tofu and tempeh. That sort of thing.</p>
<p>The &lsquo;net was also starting to undergo a boom of advertising as I was leaving (as mentioned, the station still has some connectivity, but it&rsquo;s rarely worth interacting via sims due to the lag), perhaps to make up for the lack of offline ad venues. I remember coming home and diving in and daydreaming through half an hour of trailers and interactives and the like, then just getting into trouble wherever I could.</p>
<p>I wish I could tell you more, but I either blocked out the rest or didn&rsquo;t pay attention in class. </p>
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