Space Aliens

Get me out of this godforsaken space land.

Upon the extraterrestrials arrival (they dislike the term alien, because it insinuates that they are illegal immigrants), they relatively easily took control of the US government. Prez G Dub and Condee were compromising the exit strategy with the extraterrestrials, but somehow got tricked into signing executive and legislative power over to the extraterrestrials. We still have the judicial branch, but the Supreme Court can only take cases that will cause Clarence Thomas to speak out. Inherently, Clarence Thomas now holds the most power over the Supreme Court. The extraterrestrials have no passion to go beyond our borders right now, and no other nations are hurrying to aide us. They've eliminated the American democracy and established a system of Philosopher-kings. Basically, the extraterrestrials quote Plato and order the humans around.

The service industry is gone. It's kind of like footloose, we don't really have fun anymore. We spent the first month destructing malls, movie theatres, monuments, parking lots, etc. The extraterrestrials zapped away the debris with their fancy laser guns. Everyone is primarily a subsistence farmer now. Some are doctors or other essential positions on the side. A very select few teach the future Philosopher-kings.

People adjusted quite well. It's new. It's exciting. It's still a few weeks before culture shock sinks in. We still have our computers and televisions and telephones. The TVs are pretty useless. It just aires the extraterrestrials talking about fancy space delicatessens. The computers and telephones are what entertain us. We have limited mobility, but we can still play solitare or call grandma.

We aren't sure who deals with plumbing, electricity, telephone services, or any other similar basic needs. The extraterrestrials insist they are managing everything, but who really knows. We'll supposedly go down in history as the enlightened generation. We have primary knowledge of what existed prior to Day 0. The extraterrestrials eliminated calendars. They also eliminated numbers above 99. We celebrate independence day every Day 0. Today is Day 40. That's about all I have to say about that.