Dear Citizen:
What a great success 2021 has been. We started the year off with a lofty vision, and we worked hard to achieve it. The year was not without a few unexpected snags, but overall, we are pleased with our progress. Nearly all of our Overlord Resolutions from last January have come to pass.
Our vaccine propaganda rollout achieved its objectives of increasing fear and paranoia among the majority of the population, while cultivating absolute obedience from the same sector, and (as an added bonus) developing a very nice residual income stream for us and our pfriends.
To promote public paranoia and generally make people’s lives more difficult, we’ve instituted medical documentation requirements for citizens to participate in society.
After seeing great success in 2020 with our proprietary lockdowns and other economic restrictions, we continued on with Phase 2 of our plan to redistribute massive amounts of wealth from the poor and middle class to the corporate ruling elite.
In order to ensure your continued dependence on us, we have meddled with the world economy to fantastic results: food prices are now up 30% in some areas over this time last year! Fuel and housing prices are also way up, and now that many of you are no longer allowed to be employed, we expect the developing recession to inspire further demands for our services in the form of more economic meddling.
While our plan to dismantle the concepts of “rights” and “freedoms” in the global psyche hasn’t yet been fully implemented, we are seeing great results so far.
With your help, we have trained school children to recoil at the sight of an uncovered human face.
You might think that with 2021 proving such an unbridled success for your Overlords, we might take some time off. But we’re not done yet!
2021 was the year to aggressively pursue our goals. We had to act quickly, decisively, and sometimes more harshly than we would have preferred. (It’s usually best to convey a caring, compassionate facade. It helps keep the sheep docile.) So in 2022, we’ll be following a slightly softer course on the road to our Great Reset.
Here’s what you can expect:
A brief reprieve from lockdowns and mandates. We’re going to let you out for some recreation time in the prison yard. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Kinder, gentler guilt trips for the unvaccinated. We’re only concerned for your health!
More death-and-disease coverage in the 24-hour news cycle. Even though we’re loosening restrictions, we want your cortisol levels to keep pumping to new record highs. Fearful citizens are more compliant. So don’t turn off that TV!
Further consolidation of allowable opinion: all major news outlets and social media platforms will continue to converge into One True Voice, repeating the One True Worldview in chorus. This will prepare you, citizens, for 2023, when we will begin instituting social credit scores to more aggressively disincentivize wrongthink.
Thank you, Citizen, for playing an essential part in our plan for 2021. We truly couldn’t have done it without you. And with your help, we can make 2022 an even greater success!
Sincerely,
Your Overlords
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