There is no zombie apocalypse. No incurable disease that ravages the population, not even some natural disaster. The world’s end is manmade; as simple as pulling the trigger.
People are well aware that the Earth is only so big, meaning it can only support so many people before it begins to die. But what would happen to us, the people – the parasites – if the Earth died? Where would we go? The universe is vast, it’s highly unlikely that there isn’t a place that is able to support human life like Earth can. We haven’t found it yet and time is running out.
A corrupt government is key.
When the president brought up eradicating useless life, no one questioned it. Everyone had already thought of it; it was logical. There’s too many, so get rid of what’s not needed. But it’s a thought so gruesome and inhumane that no one would’ve imagined bringing it up. Once it was, however, brought to the table, no one found it in themselves to disagree. Time is one hot commodity. Living one hundred years thanks to beautiful health and drastic advances in medicine wasn’t enough. It never is.
So it started with the homeless. Sure, people disagreed, but it was okay because most of the homeless were worthless drug addicts and didn’t want to live a better life for themselves. Why waste precious space on them? Why allow them to breathe the air others who were contributing to society earned?
Bang, bang.
Next? The illegals. The Anchorbabies. They needed to go home. Or just go away. Forever. The hoodrats were also lumped into that category; causing more trouble than they were worth. How selfish could they get?
Bang, bang.
It wasn’t enough. Protestors against the cleanse were gone soon after it started – if they couldn’t support it, then they didn’t need to live. The disabled, welfare ****; gone just the same, unless they could pay their way out of it.
Bang, bang.
Money was welcome. The more you had, the safer you were. Life costs money, if you couldn’t pay to live, you were just as bad as the others. Rich became richer, the poor… well, they got what they deserve.
The process was slow. Perfection took time. Other countries followed suit. The population dwindled into beautiful numbers well sustainable by the Earth. The rich would survive, and war broke out because no one is better than Americans. Foreign leaders were killed and the most prime from each country were kept alive. Soon genetic testing began. The Earth wouldn’t be perfect until only the perfect humans lived. Eugenics were key to that. Genes were even more powerful than money. Those unworthy were killed.
And then ‘unworthy’ became open to interpretation. People thought highly of themselves. The self-righteous lived and were left to rebuild.
Bang, bang, bang.
It wouldn’t end until everyone was gone.