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“Just one thing Tom… you need to sum up the failure of your nation in one word. What is it?” the teacher asked her nervous student.

”….Uh ignorance,” Tom remembered.

“And why did you choose that?” inquired the instructor.

“Well, they attacked a couple countries, and they never bothered to find out what it was like. They had lots of smart people, but none of their leaders ever asked, like when they attacked Venezuela, Iraq, and....” the boy paused momentarily, trying to remember what he had been told to remember, “… oh yeah, Turkey.”

”Very good, see you knew it, no need to be so nervous,” the teacher added, “and what do you have to say about factions?” the teacher said, posing the final question.

“That America’s free religion worked until some Christians figured that if all of came together, they could elect a president without the rest of the country,” the boy cheerfully said, happy that he was doing so well.

“Very good Tom. Next is the Brazilian Alliance… Whose is that? Oh, come up here and present Samuel,”

“Brazil became important after America because they had become free of oil…” Sam began.

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Posted by Radix77 2008-01-01 18:15:59 .... free of oil... yep! that would certainly put them to the top. + Report this comment
Posted by 1800 2008-01-01 19:10:43 .... Now this is an interesting genre. Alternate history? or a possible representation of the future? Very cool. + Report this comment
Posted by Dirkin 2008-01-01 20:01:45 hmmm I would like to see you extend this story, it was interesting but too short. Talk more about Brazil maybe + Report this comment
Posted by tarhead 2008-01-01 20:35:40 it was definately short and i wondered as i read it, which direction was it going? pro? con? + Report this comment
Posted by tarhead 2008-01-01 20:39:38 pffft! i forgot to say - good short! + Report this comment
Posted by Cody Brinkman 2008-01-13 15:21:40 .... i liked the structure of this, nice writeup + Report this comment
Posted by Cody Brinkman 2008-01-13 15:27:05 .... re-wrote this story as 'a history lesson' + Report this comment

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