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Tom Swift's avatar

Excellent satire of current politics of science fiction, go on and write some more! I also believe that your Martian captives analogy here: https://www.waltbismarck.com/p/the-metapolitics-of-black-white-conflict

could be the basis of a very good novel, and with a few alterations could serve as a plausible future history of mankind. However, I would suggest that you edit Earth's moon out of the final image in this article, I have encountered this bug frequently when generating AI space images. Be sure to check out this novel on Tom Swift:

https://swiftenterprises.substack.com/p/the-lunarian-chapter-1

Anonymous Dude's avatar

OK. This was actually really funny and really clever at the same time. Social commentary with a reasonable plot. Kind of reminds me of the old quasi-macho 50s-80s scifi with hypercompetent protagonists.

And just like John Norman, you've turned your kinks into art. Try not to let it go overboard after book 6. ;)

Kristoffer O’Shaugnessy's avatar

Unfortunately there is no option for laugh reacts as on other platforms.

Garreth Byrne's avatar

"Oh, it's like a Dune thing"

JamilKerala's avatar

Still think Quebec City is best.

Warmek's avatar

There's a significant logistical difficulty in rapidly quintupling a city's population, however. As hilarious as the notion is. Still, perhaps a half million there, another half million to Montreal, half a million to Ottawa, and half a million to Vancouver? Ideally, *highly* dispersed throughout, so as to avoid the potential for ghettoization.

Hunh, I hadn't realized how much *farming* there is around Quebec City.

Still, I'm optimistic about this Canada Plan. After all, I'm told that Canada is suffering immense economic difficulty under the grueling 25% import tariffs that evil President Trump imposed (their upwards of 300% tariffs on imports from the US are, of course, only our just dues) and I *also* keep hearing what an economic boon every single immigrant from anywhere is, no matter their education level, skill level, or psychosis level. So clearly, the sudden injection of two million Gazans is *exactly* what the Canadian economy needs.

Trixie's Boy's avatar

nah, afghanistan would be a better choice

PhineusGage's avatar

Brilliant. Can’t wait for the musical!

JamilKerala's avatar

Sorry but you're wrong. The Afghans have suffered enough. The 'Québécois' haven't and deserve it.

Yosef Hirsh's avatar

New genre of fiction called flirtational.

Fiction while flirting...well done.

Still think the pallys would blow you up with vest but...I am Jewish...