The Battleground

I think you were pretty close on this, Steve. I differ in that I don't think we need to wait until 2028 to send you assholes to federal prison. I think you should be put to death for treason against the United States, so you can at least feel fortunate that I am not a federal judge on your case.

The Bunny​

A bunny steps out of the forest onto the battlefield of politics. He looks upon the field to see the great Leviathan gravely wounded and beset on all sides by tyrants and parasites. "I will not let you die, old friend" he says to the great wyrm protecting them for the last 250 years. The bunny loafs upon a hilltop, chewing on a dandelion as he tactically evaluates battlefield.

The bunny is greeted by a number of large television screens floating in the air. The televisions perpetually blast waves of propaganda through talking heads at the forest talking about many things. They talk about vague notions of left and right, boner pills, Democrats and Republicans, and even an ambulance chaser literally ordering him to call a number right now.

The bunny stomps at this outrageous behavior and shouts, "How DARE you claim dominion over me! I am authentic because I assert a physical presence onto reality that you cannot deny. You are but images and you are beneath me. Your words hold no value and you can never claim ground because you lack authenticity." The talking heads fall silent as they continue to show images of left and right party aligned citizens locked in combat over who will represent them.

The bunny regards these images skeptically as he experiences the battlefield. Once perfect images begin to glitch and light from behind shows through cracks in its subjective framework. He concludes that these images cannot be correct. The bunny sees a diamond on the field projecting rays through a facet to the television screens. Upon closer inspection he notices that the diamond can rotate, so he rotates the view from "Left/Right" to "Liberty/Authority" by sending light through a different facet. The scene of talking heads on television screens slowly pans back to reveal that each of these screens are hanging from strings tied to the fingers of a large demon puppeteer.

"You are visible to me and the other denizens of the forest. You cannot be unseen. Your presence is henceforth forever visible to The Public." "Your machinery of control is forever disabled.", referring to several sparking and malfunctioning statistical models on the ground. "You cannot control that for which you cannot understand its Dao."

The bunny casts "Doom" upon the demon and a large clock begins ticking down over its head and its derivative networks. The demon's sycophantic smile fades to worried trembling. The bunny addresses the corporate media giants under the demon's influence as the ties binding them loosen, "The networks in service to this demon now will serve the public instead or share its fate, and those acting through you will suffer transitively." The bunny turns away from these minions to assess the bigger picture and examine the demon's billionaire handlers.

The bunny's eyes narrow as he prepares to demand their surrender.

The Billionaire Class​

The billionaire class prefers to stay hidden behind a cloak of anonymity, but it fails with loud hissing noises as the bunny looks up from a cable he was chewing on. Among them are several roving parasites scurrying around broken fences and feeding upon the public. Leviathan normally thwarts predatory behavior against the citizens, but he is unable to help them. The Legislature, the Judiciary, and the Executive branches all have problems according to his tactical analysis. All three branches are under military attack.

"Authoritarians", the bunny says with a scowl.

Their actions have been blatantly criminal. The ONLY reason they aren't punished is because they are able to block Leviathan's enforcement actions so long as their party is in power. Their actions are so blatantly hostile to the public, that they have no hope of winning a fair election. They do not want to go to prison, and they cannot stop it by winning the next election, so therefore they must be attempting to prevent this outcome by seizing the government and never allowing the other party to gain power. "There is simply no other rational motive because all other outcomes lead to prison or execution for treason.", he remarks.

[To Be Continued...]