319 Preying Mandate: The Triumvirate

"Now that the truth has been proven beyond doubt," announced the Second Triumvir of the Triumvirate, "we will completely defund and dismantle NASA. And finally, after all of these years," he continued, "the myth of our landing on the Moon finally comes to an end."

It was the broadcast long overdue. But it was important that all citizens believe the truth.

"It was nice that we had something to assign our specialness in the world—to set us apart from everyone else...but now that we know that no one's special to anyone else—that none are nothing special—we know that is what makes us special, to take our rightful and respectful places among the world's peoples."

It had been fascinating, even great fun, to think we had landed on the Moon. But the photography gaffes clearly proved that this was part of the great American mythology.

Along with E Pluribus Pluribus.

It was time to re-embrace E Pluribus Unum. All men, after all, were created equal. Even the three equals of the Triumvirate.

"And," continued the Second Triumvir, "we can finally put "The Science" in its rightful place, along with the so-called 'evidence-based' chicanery. This 'Follow the Science' is relegated to such empty and duplicitous anthems as, 'Remember the Alamo,' 'Vote Your Conscience,' and 'Never Forget.' There's only one thing we should never forget, and that is that we are a God-fearing people. We follow Commandments. And we follow First Triumvir. Without question."

It was a rousing speech for the people. Not for the beautiful people, the aristocratic people, or even the disenfranchised people, because there were no beautiful, aristocratic, or even disenfranchised any more. Once we became Unum again, and all others who meant to poison our blood were designated irrelevant, we could finally embrace the full Triumvirate.

"We're great!" was all First Triumvir needed to ever say. Second Triumvir gave us our policy and even explained it in a way where everyone could do nothing else but believe.

And Third Triumvir...

Third Triumvir is who made our cherished leaders the Trinity. For it was God Almighty who was Third Triumvir.

And First Triumvir, leading in our greatness as the mandated one, saw that it was good.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES:

For Thursday, November 14, Day 319 of the 2024 Story-a-Day Challenge.

366 WORDS (without A/N)

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