Bubble Burst

They almost never change back.
Intransigent.
Unreasonable.
Compromise is heresy.
(Compromise, Heresy.)
Bow before obstruction.

Penny wise and pound foolish,
The fools pound on.
Hungry for more reward
Addicted to instant gratification
Intractable and unwilling
To acknowledge the existence of consequence
Only profit
Only more
Only the infinite fantasy of post-scarcity
Not the extremely limited finity of now
Consequence is for der untermench
Shortages are for the poor
We are neither of these things
The saviors of the underclass
Grant us the authority
And we shall RAISE these hapless creatures from the gutter!
We shall save you all from yourselves!
Our wealth will be our wealth.
Your wealth will be our wealth.
But not simultaneously.
Our greatness is unassailable!
Our fortune unattainable!
We have twelve times the money that physically exists!
And never shall it change!
Buy in
Buy in and become one.
And if you work your whole life,
If you sell your soul and mortgage your dreams,
If you give up everything you are
Everything you have...
We still won't let you on our property.
Eventually, that will be everywhere.
And we will evict the last plebian rubbish from our rightful home.
Never realizing that those derelicts
Were the very pillars propping up their lifestyle.
That these lost souls were the cloth they'd been cut from.
Then again,
They almost never change back.