Comic #4467: dream-inequality
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WE DISCOVERED A MASSIVE SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
I wanna be rich and famous and an astronaut and a cheerleader and a fireman…
MY GOD. HE HAS SO MANY MORE DREAMS THAN ME… IT'S NOT FAIR!
Sociologists investigated.
Aspirational dreams peak at age 7, after which they taper off, catering to almost nothing by age 12.
THE ADULTS ARE THE 99%.
Economists made suggestions.
WE NEED TO GET CHILDREN TO GIVE THEIR DREAMS TO ADULTS.
How about we force them into a non-bankruptcy-allowed high education loan system in order to achieve a certificate that qualifies them for a middle-class job?
THIS SYSTEM SOUNDS BARBARIC.
Politicians seized the opportunity.
A 3% marginal dream tax? Damned dream plebeians. I’d dream up a way to destroy them, but they’d tax that too!
MOTHER! ANOTHER SPRINKLES AND…
THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK AGAINST ELITES.
But, ultimately, forces for social change won the day.
Today, the Supreme Court upheld the transfer of dreams from young to old. The judges celebrated by piling into the little justices robes and pretending to be a submarine.
As the new system progressed, sociologists noticed emergent effects.
Apparently, having more dreams makes the average adult less happy. I wonder why.
WHO CARES. I’LL NEVER BE THE UNICORN ASTRONAUT. I WAS MEANT TO BE!
The more that children’s dreams were taxed, the more adult they became.
HEY SUE. WANNA COME TO MY TREEHOUSE AND PLAY FRUGAL PERSONAL FINANCES?
HOO-RAY!
But, by then, the system was incapable of change.
THE RICHEST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO FULFILL THEIR DREAMS. EVERYONE ELSE IS SAD.
WE NEED TO PETITION THE SUPREME COURT, BUT NOBODY’S EVEN SURE THEY WILL LISTEN SINCE THEY UPHELD THIS SYSTEM.
THEY’VE SPOTTED US WORSENING DOWN!
On the plus side, old rich people are more amusing.
I AM BATMAN! HUUGE!
Though, there remains a bit of generational strife.
NOW THAT YOU’VE TAKEN ALL HOPE, COULD YOU AT LEAST SHARE SOME OF THE WEALTH?
YOU KIDS THESE DAYS ARE SO ENTITLED.
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