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"What happens when the United States collapses, and two new countries emerge, each embracing opposing and dangerous collectivist ideologies? Enter a bleak future stemming from total economic collapse, where America has been ripped in two by ideological warfare and the erosion of traditional values. Despite a peaceful separation, oppression festers beneath the surface and threatens to ignite another American Civil War. Join Thomas, a passionate commoner, as his time in an ""enlightenment center"" doesn't go as planned, and he's forced to confront the dangers of centralized control, political opportunism, and the manipulation of the truth. The Greater Good provides an unflinching examination of the challenges posed by political shifts that prioritize power, control, and greed over human dignity, individualism, and exceptionalism. This thought-provoking tale offers a timely warning of the perils that lie ahead in a world where the seductive allure of a collective ""greater good"" can have devastating consequences. The Greater Good presents a gripping narrative that exposes the consequences of unchecked authoritarianism by weaving together elements of dystopia and political intrigue. Quotes from The Greater Good: ""Is the greater good simply a term we use when future society must be built upon the bones of slaughtered men?"" ""Funny how wealth and poverty still existed in a country without any capitalists, isn't it?"" ""They were only puppets of a master plan to consolidate power, resulting in a country driven by power and profit. In 2026, though, that single country driven by power and profit separated into two countries-one driven by power and the other by profit."" ""Socialists never actually promised socialism, they promised capitalism with benefits."" ""Survival was the only aim. Nothing else mattered. Women sold their bodies, men sold their souls. A life could be bought or ended over a few dollars, a piece of bread, or a coat. They were willing to fight and kill one another for the opportunity to work in one of the nasty, unsafe factories that littered the area, taking less money than the last man, simply to earn more than zero. Before long, they were slaves in every aspect but their titles."" ""Sometimes, though, you'd win the round. You wouldn't confess, so they'd put you in a room with the door open. They'd walk your wife or your child by the door and into another room. Then, you heard the screams. The interrogators would tell you that it could all stop and your family could go free-all you had to do was confess."" ""The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies-not citizens with arms."" ""When a society justifies the demonization of its brightest and most productive members as a means to achieve the Greater Good, it treads dangerously close to the path of tyranny. For a civilization that cannot recognize and reward excellence, that cannot celebrate and emulate its own creators and producers, is a civilization that has lost its soul and its spirit, and risks falling into darkness and despair."" ""A man who devotes his time and efforts, under his own direction, at his own pleasure, from his own property, in order to 'make others rich' is called a miserable wage-slave by the socialist. Instead, they suggest that the man shed the shackles of this miserable burden by devoting his time and efforts, under the State's direction, at the State's pleasure, from the State's property, in order to 'make others less poor.'"""

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