1.CHEAP PRODUCTS. Bruce was using his Zorextor™ brand visual intoxicator unit before work as he rode alone in his personal automated 6-person transport vehicle—the Manifestor. The unit’s design was spectacular. It was futuristic and exadurated, its design based off of things found on old sci-fi disks. Bruce’s intention was to get enough pleasure out of the unit to last him through his workday. He had purchased it only a few weeks earlier. Nearing his destination and feeling like he was not going to be numb enough to last through the day, Bruce increased the output level. The increased intensity of the unit sparked a reaction in Bruce’s arm. It spasmed. The plastic unit broke in his hands. He would have to buy a replacement at work for use during his lunch break. It didn’t matter much, the increased output had taken its effect.

2.HOUSE FULL OF CONDIMENTS AND NO FOOD. Every day Bruce rode home in his Manifestor. It was large, and it made him feel good. He almost exclusively rode it alone, but if need be, he could fit 6 people inside. This comforted him. If ever the occasion arose that he had other people with him, he was prepared.
He lived in a moderately sized house. It was in a desirable neighborhood. He did not need to worry about the neighbors, for they all too were like him. They all had the same body type the same fashion sense, brown eyes, brown hair, part on the left, not too tall, not to small. They clearly understood things like he did. The Manefistor was a popular vehicle in his neighborhood.
Bruce picked up some fast food on his the way home. This is what he usually did, making his choice between the three options available. This gave him a satisfying variety. On this particular day he went to the place serving processed meat cylinders. There existed a movement to stop the eating meat. It was said that the factories where it was grown and produced were dirty. Bruce wasn’t about to let that get in the way of his natural right as a human to eat meat. Most people saw things his way too, which only showed how right he was. Bruce placed his order with the push of a button. The Manifestor was designed to be completely compatible with the streamlined fast food serving machanism. In a matter of seconds his transport and the fast food restaurant connected, credits were exchanged electronically, and out popped a box containing the food, speedily along a number of belts and onto a shelf designed for this purpose. The food bundles always contained too many extra condiments. Bruce kept these. He placed them in his refrigerator when he arrived at his home. He looked forward to the day that they could be put to use, in the event that he had a guest over for dinner.

3.A SETTING SUN. Bruce sometimes watched the sun set. His house had a window facing west for this purpose. He could watch in the safety of his own home. It was red and beautiful. How great the human was, for his manipulations of the world create a splendor such as this. Bruce breathed in a large breath of fresh air. He felt a slight burning in his lungs. He had just gotten home and some air had gotten in from outside. It would only be a matter of minutes before his home’s air filtration system had completely cleansed the air to Bruce’s liking. Bruce enjoyed the sound of wind.

4.PREEMTIVE STRIKE. Bruce awoke in the middle of the night to an unfamiliar sound. A few seconds later he and each of his neighbors was a pile of dust lying inside its fortress. In the struggle between nations, each to ensure its own survival, new technologies were being developed. The nation that had destroyed Bruce’s cited that their action had been made in self-defense—Bruce’s nation had been on the path to do the same to them (and consequently, had intended to cite the same reason).
This new technology changed the hands that held global power. The unspoken rule that had been in place since the beginning of human civilization: force is the key to gaining recognition as legitimate power. In the tradition of Locke and Divine Right, the people of Bruce’s time were also being given a similar reason as to why things were they way they were: no alternative. They bought it and continued using their visual intoxicator units.