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RE: Super Blue (or, What Keeps On Floating)
A detailed description of a possible world in the not-to-distant future--in the best tradition of good science fiction. You have it all worked out logically.
But, what I really like is the psycho-social message. It's almost like the flip side of 1984. In 1984 the government created an enemy so people would be united. Today, governments and politicians do the same thing. They create an "other" in order to stoke passions and unite followers. But in your story, the "other" is not artificial. It is the burden of environmental catastrophe. Humanity must unite or self-destruct.
This is a great theme and you carry it off admirably.
A really good job @deeanndmathews.
Thank you for reading, @agmoore!
I wasn't thinking of 1984, but you have a good point -- my version of 2169 is past all governmental attempts at such foolishness, because by that time those attempts would have come and gone and the few survivors would have had to come to terms with the need for cooperation. The need is here now, of course, and I am just one voice in the world, highlighting it. We might count ourselves very blessed if our reality check comes in super blue, not Big Brother ...