The year is 2050.
After the great “Go Get a Better Job” movement,
The fast food restaurants have become barren wastelands. Tumbleweeds line the break rooms of every grocery chain in the country, nursing has become an extinct profession. Even Fortune 500 companies have started to dwindle, now that they are no longer considered the “better job”.
Half the population was killed off during the Great Bootstrap Wars of 2036, making government assistance programs obsolete.
The “Start your own Side Hustle” Revolution of 2041 succeeded.
Now that everyone has decided to be their own boss, small-businesses have taken over the once beautiful and lively suburbs: a moment in time that once belonged to family and community.
Many have taken to selling artsy things, like resin ashtrays and healing crystal bracelets. Others have turned to NFTs: a shameful enterprise, but a lucrative one.
Money is no longer in circulation. The government has kept people too busy practicing the teachings of “The Way of The Bootstrap” to promote their businesses.
The people no longer have time to purchase goods and services. The Side hustles are no longer making money. Everybody is poor, but they are happy for they became their own bosses.