Spenser's Choice

When Spenser informed his family of the government’s diabolical mandate, he assumed they would all see its evil and fall in behind him to resist. But as he began to put his preparation plan into place, he realized that there was subtle and not so subtle resistence coming everyone involved. At first it shocked him because of the gravity of the situation. Then he was puzzled. Finally he realized the power the authorities had gradually imposed over several years. At first they sold the older generation on the benefits of being chipped, of voluntarily allowing a direct connection to be made between humans’ brains and computers. Some, like Spenser himself, refused, but most did not, even Marilee had had herself chipped. The next generation was easier. They had been softened by the school system into believing that the state had only the best in mind for all citizens and that tapping into the system would facilitate the creation of a communication system that would serve that purpose. The illusion of a voluntary system was maintained, and almost everyone lined up to do their civic duty to become a part of the Great System.