The second conflict between capitalism and socialism occurred in the First and Second Indochina Wars. The first was a low level war between the French and Chinese-backed socialists in Vietnam. It ended in a peace treaty shortly after the Korean War with the American military taking up the burden of backing the treaty. The peace treaty would soon end with socialist guerillas attacking the south and would balloon into one of the bloodiest conflicts of the time.
People didn’t know what to think of Ageless before The War. The news networks loved to tell stories about how we cheated in sports and gambling and such. They went on and on about how unfair it was that we had advantages others didn’t. We were a good little boogeyman they could call out. But the good thing about the advantages is that some of us built some powerful business empires. One can buy impressive lobbies with that kind of money. And Ageless lawyers are scary good.
The advent of the cybernetic intelligence was not welcomed by all. The Russians had never trusted bleeding edge tech, and the Chinese didn’t trust computers they couldn’t control. The Russians never adopted them, and the Chinese issued Erase On Sight orders. No cyber is allowed in any of their networks. We go there of course, but if we are caught we will be erased. Assuming the captured shard doesn’t erase herself first of course. It is a very cold war in the networks.
The cease-fire that ended full-scale combat in the Korean War brought an uneasy peace to the world. Korea had been the first major standoff between the dueling ideologies of socialism and capitalism and had ended in a draw. The Cold War had begun and both sides knew they could not afford to lose the next time. Preparations were made, new weapons researched, alliances established, and soon the world was split between the two not-quite-warring ideologies.
The tricky thing about finding out you are Ageless is that we tend to be good at sports. So we are often in sports programs and doing pretty good if I say so myself. We’ve gotten some awesome scholarships, and some really amazing pro careers too. But we are officially banned from them so whenever we find out we have to retire. Sometimes we stick around a bit longer and try to milk it. That’s why there’s a new lawsuit or ten every year accusing us of fraud.
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