Telos Journal Edition Three October 2013 | Page 18
capital game. They were called ‘losers’ even though they looked happier than the
farmers, who were unremittingly churning out food for the masses despite the seasons.
The orchestrators stepped in to mollify the misguided emotions. We reduced the
number of unessential characters: some inspectors, and placed them at the end of the
line. But since there was a heavy amount of buyers now on one side, many producers
went patiently bankrupt from waiting for their products to get sold. They changed their
positions and became middlemen and consumers.
The game looked simply like this: a few producers producing enough products for many
buyers down a short line of middlemen.
This point raised some amount of curiosity, and a player warily raised her hand. “But
why can’t some middlemen become producers?” she asked. Brows were furrowed,
foreheads wrinkled, and thoughts of devolution drooped in the air. The orchestrator
responded rather automatically: “Because it just doesn’t work that way. It’s easier this
way and the buyers have grown accustomed to the same product. We don’t want
them getting too picky after all we’ve been through, do we?” And all the eyes rolled
back over to the game.
Production and consumerism grinded on. The buyers demand Y [? ?X?Z]?Y ??X\\? ?? X? ????H HZY[Y[??H?\? ??Y????\? Z\? ?X?\? ?\?B?X???ZX?[ H ?Y X?Y ?H^ [ZY[Y[???[?Y H?[???^Y\?? ?[??X?[??\?H ?Y ]\?? H?] [?[X?\?Y ?? X?\?? ?XH?[ZX?[[?[??[Y[? ?[??YYXX?[?\?H?? ?? X?[?[? ?[???][??H?[Z\? ?Y? ^H ?\?H???ZY[?? H[??X\?H? ?? X?[?[ ?XY K ?\?H??? ??Y?X?[ HZY[?? ?? X?[???[\?H] ?\????[?X?\?X[????][H???\? ?]YXY?\??H?[YHY??Y[? H?^??Y?] ?] ?\??\??\???[? [??]?[ H ?[?Y?? H ??[?H??ZY[Y[? ? H??[?H??^Y\?? ?? ?\?H?\? ?[?[?? \?H ?Z?[?? Z\? ^??Y?XY ????[YH[?[ \?\?[? H?Y?\??]][??H?[YH^ \?Y?X?]\?K\? \?H ?\?[? H[?H Y?H ????^Y\??[?? HB??]? ?? X?\?? H ?? X? ??X?[YH [??X???^?X?H[? ?\? YH? Z\??Y?[?[????] ][?[??[??[? ??? ??]\? ?\ X\?H H ??X?[?\?[X[? \?]??\?K?H ?? X? ?]?[? X[ H?X?[YH[?Y\]X]H ? ?Z] H?^Y\???&H?YY ?? ?[ YB?[?Y???X?[] K??HX?\?]?H \ ??Y Z?[? X?N? H?^Y\???? HX?[] H ?Y??? H ?? X? ??[??H H?[YH ?[]Y ??\?X\??] ?\?\?? \??\?[???%K?K??]? ?? X?\???ZY[Y[?[?H???^Y\???%?]\?[??H ?[]]?HX?????[Y\??X[]?\??] H[?? \??\?[?? ??\?????X[[?[] H ??Y[?HY??X?[ [??[? ?[\ H?H[XY?[?Y ??Y???]?[???X[?H [[?Y ^Y\???]?\?\? H?X\?X?K???]?\?[\?? H^ \?[Y[?YH\ H[?[??H?^Y\?? ?X???^?Y B?]X[]]]?H[?Y\]XX?H? H?\?H ?? X? ?[? ??YH[]\?[?? K ??YH ?[??\?[ K????Y ? ] Z\?[? ??X??[? H ??[8?% ?Y\? ?X?][?? H ?\???X?[] H??????