and they all killed one another by the end of the day.
Undeterred, she set more free, without limits, and they danced merrily and they threw flowers... and they multiplied and multiplied and multiplied and multiplied... until they were captured as slaves for a militaristic society... the ordered State being 'victorious' once again.
So she set yet more free, without limits, and they became tribal, hunting and gathering and getting drunk, living in loose agreement; but all were exterminated by an agricultural society, who were then exterminated by an industrial society, who were then kept in line by an informational society, who were miraculously overthrown by mystics.
Alas, she was last seen before the hanging judge, having been accused of setting people free, without limits.
Author notes
(from exchanges Mairi and I had 
)... and yes, you'll have to supply your own meaning for the first-line acrostic...
In a list
A contest entry
- all systems are oppressive by Mairi bheag.
1800 points, ended August 22, 30 entries
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You should become wbiro again, I think, though I defer to you in all things pertaining to Wayne's world (but in nothing else - there's some Bakunin for you!).
I'll be honest: the one-liner was a disappointment, and I am glad to see you came back to this and gave me more. With only a few short words of prose, it is a psychic history of American libertarianism, with the country finally hauled before the hanging judge of world opinion. Its depth, wit, and finish aptly fit the philosophical theme of the contest. Thank you.
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some Bakunin in me, well yeaaah, we're both handsome guys... lol as for the hanging judge of world opinion, we'll leave that discussion for tea... at three...!
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Terse, bleak and probably accurate. Oh well, that's life (or rather, death)!
Nice one,
Bill
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well, she did give it another shot... (my other entry) lol
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Now that's succinct and well said.
Hmmmm... might not be a bad thing to have happen.
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yes, I should do an alternate universe scenario, "and they all danced and threw flowers and multiplied..." lol
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hahaha..I got the irony in this..lol
C
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why thank you
lol
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