Talking to the People About Dignity - Sponsored by Fan Erlin, Naming Rights Bonus 12

For a Federation citizen, weekends were incredibly enjoyable because they did not have to work. They could lie around all day on that black sofa—a sofa that others felt they had to wash with disinfectant after merely touching, but that they themselves could lie on without a care, or even roll around on.

The rack beside it, specially designed to hold food and drinks, was piled high with junk food and sickeningly sweet beverages. All they had to do was move their hands, and they could enjoy such a wonderful day! Of course, if there were more people in the household, squeezing together to pass the time was pretty nice too.

So on Saturdays, most ordinary people slept until noon, then got up and started watching television until late at night.

As for what television and newspapers said about people going out to exercise on weekends, that definitely happened in Middle Class communities or the Rich District.

They had spent the entire week sitting in chairs symbolizing status, wealth, and power. Of course they wanted to move around a little.

If they also worked more than ten hours a day on a factory assembly line, they absolutely would not spend their weekends running in parks or rowing until they were drenched in sweat.

At two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the prime-time period arrived. Some people chose to watch boring TV dramas, while others chose political current-affairs programs.

It had to be said that the Federal Government was absolutely at the forefront of the world when it came to providing entertainment. From insulting vagrants by the roadside to insulting the president, whatever people wanted to watch, television gave them.

Today's Saturday See the World was somewhat different from usual. It was a program that took everyone to see interesting things happening