In the midst of the Roaring Twenties something else arose in America. Prohibition was created through the union of social Conservatism and liberal Progressivism. Many Protestants supported it since they considered drinking a sin. Progressives backed the initiative to promote their ideals that the national government should improve society through government-sponsorship of programs or policies. Prohibition was their greatest achievement at the time.
Capella is one of those interesting systems I’ve been to many times, though most of those times I wished I hadn’t. It’s a major quaternary star system the Chinese snapped up before Contact and held one of their major fleet bases during The War. We raided it many times but never succeeded in capturing it. I was involved in some of those raids. It was a seriously hard nut to crack and we didn’t do nearly as much cracking as we’d hoped to.
Introverted college students living in their parents’ basements didn’t create all of the early AIs of course. Many were created by governments and designed to fight war for their nation of birth even if most never became truly adaptable AIs. Jane 3.0 was the most advanced American AI in the pre-Second Depression military and fought her Russian and Chinese counterparts for years. She died defending us from threats no one understood at the time. We remember her sacrifice.
America has faced numerous conflicts in our history. From minor police actions to full-blown wars, our men and women have fought and bled and died for centuries. Those wearing the boots on the ground have always paid the greatest price. Some are buried in foreign soils where that was the only ground we ever took in exchange for our help. Others came home and rest in Arlington or thousands of other graveyards. They paid the price of your freedom. Remember them.
The Roaring Twenties also brought women the right the vote in most Western countries. But all was not well. In a time of plenty, not everyone rose and the poor were easy marks for the great orators that preached Socialism and Racism. The Jews were taking their money. The Blacks were lazy. Whoever the others were, they had something that belonged to you. In an era of unprecedented wealth and opportunity, old hatreds burned hot and waited for the time to strike.
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