Planet Avenia
As the United
Assembly gathered in the capitol city for their second legislative
session of the year, the one where they proffer and debate which laws
to repeal instead of ones to pass, another agency of the government
kept a close eye on the proceedings.
Director of Dissent
and Reset (DODAR), Maxwell Donovan, read the reports from the various
faction leaders with a grim look on his face. “This is pathetic.”
He muttered, tapping the flat screen he held to change the page.
“This is peanuts.”
As expected, well
into the second decade of the sixth republic it was happening again.
The elected officials were becoming used to corruption and
misgovernment. “Is there no faction that wants to repeal the
Expansion Act? Is there no leader who wants to repeal the Extirpation
Clause?”
These and other acts
had been completely unconstitutional but they had become law anyway,
but unlike previous years the opposition wasn't riling up the
populace and introducing them for repeal. It was as if those critical
of the misuse of government power had given up to those who wanted to
abuse their power.
He dropped the
tablet computer onto the desk with a look of disgust. People never
seemed to learn their lesson. People never failed to try and vote
themselves more giveaways and handouts despite this not being one of
the powers of government.
Maxwell rubbed his
face with both palms. Not even two decades into this republic and it
looked like the time to yank the rope had come. Human nature never
changed, that was why the DODAR existed in the first place. Even
though his organization had been writing and issuing dissenting
opinions, articles and fact sheets, the majority nevertheless felt
pulled to those offering a fantasy of something for nothing.
A century after this
world was colonized and he would have to pull the plug on it's sixth
republic. The whole stinking business had to go. It was not a good
feeling to see the people of his own world so corrupt and greedy that
they'd toss aside their reasoning and sanity when someone promises
them the sky.
Maxwell Donovan then
unlocked another drawer on his desk and pulled out a binder of paper
documents. These were the files of individuals who were potential
revolutionaries. He would have to choose one of these people and
convince them to wage a rebellion against the sixth republic. To
clean the slate and let the people of Avenia start all over with a
seventh republic.
The Department of
Dissent and Reset was not a well-known agency of government, but it
was a very important one. It's main duties were to release dissenting
opinions, criticism of government acts especially those not within
their specified powers and duties and occasionally, when times
warranted, touch off a rebellion.
Maxwell just needed
to decide who was the right person for the job of leading a
rebellion, or “reset” as they officially called it within DODAR.
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