The price of an affluent society

      "An affluent society cannot afford advocates of its own destruction. A society that can destroy itself is an aggravated society suffering from an ailment that needs to be cured."

      These were the thoughts of the secret agent as he prepared to afflict harm on Hamilton Smith, the leader of a prominent government advisory committee. Mr. Smith was determined to affect the course of history by affirming a new order. He wanted to destroy all that was good and begin again with how he thought a country should run.

      This agenda was unacceptable to the top-secret agency that really ruled the country. And it was this agency that found an agreeable agent to sacrifice himself for his country by murdering Hamilton Smith in front of the world. The affluence of all would only continue thanks to this agent, even though there would never be any affection for his memory or any desire to be affiliated with his tainted name.

      As he hung from the bars of the ceiling of the conference hall, the agent was glad he was an aerobics teacher in his spare time. Without all of his physical training this task would have been pure agony. He smiled when he imagined the world's reaction to his killing Hamilton Smith. There was a certain aesthetic that only a few would appreciate.

      As he looked down he could see that people were agglomerating around Hamilton Smith already as he was entering the room. This aggregation of people was a problem but there was nothing the agent couldn't deal with. It would make the event even more impressive. When he finally saw Hamilton's head he pulled his gun up to aim. It was show time!

                              富裕社會(huì)付出的代價(jià)

    “一個(gè)富裕的社會(huì)是承受不起自我毀滅的倡導(dǎo)者的，能自我毀滅的社會(huì)一般都病情惡化，需要整治。”

    特工一邊這樣想，一邊做著力口害漢密爾頓·史密斯的準(zhǔn)備。史密斯是大名鼎鼎的政府顧問(wèn)委員會(huì)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，他一心想通過(guò)肯定一種新秩序來(lái)影響歷史進(jìn)程，他要把一個(gè)好端端的社會(huì)摧毀掉，按照他的治國(guó)思想從頭再來(lái)。

    對(duì)于真正統(tǒng)治整個(gè)國(guó)家的絕密情報(bào)處來(lái)說(shuō)這個(gè)議程是無(wú)法接受的。正是這個(gè)情報(bào)處找了個(gè)合適的特工來(lái)為國(guó)捐軀、當(dāng)著世人的面刺殺漢密爾頓·史密斯。多虧了這名特工，大家的富裕生活將一如既往，盡管到時(shí)人們想起他時(shí)誰(shuí)也不會(huì)有任何感情，誰(shuí)也不愿意將自己與他的惡名聯(lián)系在一起。

    懸吊在會(huì)議大廳天花板的橫梁上，特工慶幸自己在業(yè)余時(shí)間做過(guò)有氧健身教師。如果沒(méi)有那些體能訓(xùn)練，執(zhí)行這項(xiàng)任務(wù)就會(huì)變得十分痛苦。想到世界對(duì)自己刺殺漢密爾頓·史密斯將會(huì)做出的反應(yīng)，他不由笑了起來(lái)。這件事有種只有少數(shù)人會(huì)欣賞的美感。

    特工朝下一看，發(fā)現(xiàn)漢密爾頓·史密斯走進(jìn)房間的時(shí)候，人們?cè)缢葘⑺?SPAN style="COLOR: brown">圍成一團(tuán)。那么多人聚在那里是夠麻煩的，但是沒(méi)有這位特工搞不定的事情。這將使整個(gè)事件更加引人注目。等到他終于看到漢密爾頓的腦袋，他拔出槍來(lái)進(jìn)行瞄準(zhǔn)。是表演的時(shí)候啦!

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