America Beyond 2001 | The Potential Military Takeover of America

The letter that follows takes us on a darkly imagined excursion into the future. A military coup has taken place in the United States—the year is 2012—and General Thomas E. T. Brutus, Commander-in-Chief of the Unified Armed Forces of the United States, now occupies the White House as permanent Military Plenipotentiary. His position has been ratified by a national referendum, though scattered disorders still prevail and arrests for acts of sedition are under way. A senior retired officer of the Unified Armed Forces, known here simply as Prisoner 222305759, is one of those arrested,...

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