Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day in Fascist Busytown? -- McSweeney's

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https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/richard-scarrys-what-do-people-do-all-day-in-fascist-busytown
Jack Loftus

Welcome to Fascist Busytown. My, what a compliant, orderly town!

In Fascist Busytown, everyone works. Working is important. Work makes everything run smoothly. When everything runs smoothly, no one has to ask questions. Working also keeps Fascist Busytown safe. Safety is important, especially when there are so many people who do not belong here.

Adults are workers. Children are workers too. Children are especially good workers because they are small. They can fit into places where adults cannot go, like factories with narrow gaps, crawl spaces under warehouses, and air vents where important listening happens.

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Some workers work indoors. Some workers work outdoors. Some work in unmarked Chevy Tahoes, doing jobs that Fascist Busytown residents are encouraged to ignore. These workers travel from place to place. They pick up strangers. They pick up whoever they want. They deliver them to a processing facility two thousand miles away in less time than it'll take you to read this story.

What does your daddy do? What does your mommy do? Please say it clearly so Fascist Busytown's Palantir predictive policing AI platform can understand.

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