Here eat this.
What is it?
It's new. Just eat it.
What's it made from?
Everything.
How can it be made from everything?
It just is. Don’t worry about that. Eat it. It's great. It's new.
So what's in it?
I told you. Everything.
How's that possible? I don’t understand how everything can be in one thing.
Why are you asking so many questions? Just eat it.
But I don't understand why it’s good, or why I should eat it.
Everyone's eating it. It's easy. You don't have to cook it. Just eat it.
What does it taste like?
Kind of like everything and nothing. It's definitely full of stuff you have had before. Like, all mixed together. You should eat it.
I don't think I would like this.
If you don't eat it, you're gonna be left behind. This is the new thing. Everyone's eating this and if you don't eat it, you'll starve.
Well there are apples in a tree in my backyard. I won’t starve. I can eat those. And I know how to bake sourdough bread, like most people who were stuck at home during Covid.
You really wanna spend time and effort doing all that? You could just eat this thing right now. It’s so easy. It's totally legal.
Wait, why are you telling me it's legal? I thought we were just talking about food, here.
No, we totally are. I'm just saying, it's not hurting anybody, or at least not people that matter. It's not breaking any laws, probably. But don’t you understand? It’s just gonna be better for everybody in the long run. You should eat it.
Wait, WHAT exactly IS it?
I told you it's new. Eat it. It's going to change the world.
How?
It's going to solve all our problems.
But how?
Look, it's new, it's amazing, and you just have to trust me that it's the best thing there is. For everyone.
Well, then, tell me: who is eating it and benefiting from it right at this moment?
Lots of people are eating it. Heaps. But only a tiny handful are benefiting from it.
How tiny?
Less than one percent of the people eating it, probably, but like I said, it's new. Look, don’t worry about it. Eventually, we're ALL gonna be so well fed and so happy and so nourished. And we won't need to work anymore. Isn't that amazing?
I don't understand. What does this have to do with work? And if we don't work, how are we going to earn money to live?
Don't you know what Utopia is? Get on board, man — this ship is sailing.
I think I'm just going to eat my apple.
I tried to help you. It's your funeral.
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A very clever analogy - brilliant :)
I don't want to eat that. It's artificial, processed beyond recognition, and is going to destroy my brain. Like pharmaceuticals, only sneakier.