章 165: Air Capital of the World

The container bumped around blindly for what felt like days. The wise cracking hacker was well prepared; there was food, water, and induction charger for my robot.

I watched all his videos and read the documents to pass the time.  It was 2033 and the world was in the shitter. Currencies had fallen and cryptocurrency had taken over. Cities were becoming privatised one after another. Society was devolving into the haves and the have nots.

Most people struggled to live while the few were incredibly wealthy. The workers who used to pay all the taxes no longer had jobs and since governments let the rich get away with paying no tax for decades - they no longer had any income. The governments were so far in debt they couldn't service it.

It was a corporate takeover. Huan Industries wasn't alone it was one of thousands of companies which now ran the world. Politicians and political leaders were corrupt and basically lived off bribes from their corporate overlords.