Like Me, an Outstanding Person

What were most Federals in their twenties doing at this age? The young people from ordinary families probably already had jobs that could support them for the rest of their lives—assuming there was no large-scale economic recession and their companies or factories continued to develop.

Every week, they worked six days at the factory, from eight in the morning to seven at night, or from nine-thirty in the morning to eight in the evening. They worked at least ten hours a day.

Every night, they returned home to eat a cheap dinner. The only thing that might make them feel happy was sinking deep into the sofa after dinner, eating a huge tub of popcorn sweet enough to make their teeth ache at ninety-nine cents, and drinking ten liters of soda that cost only two dollars and forty-nine cents.

Then they quietly chose a favorite show, wearing innocent smiles as the story unfolded, until they eventually fell asleep without realizing it.

They would not notice the worry on their faces, because they slept so peacefully.

On the last workday of the week, they would go to a club organized by the Labor Union after work, eat some free fried chicken, drink a little cheap beer, and shout slogans opposing the capitalists' exploitation and oppression under the Labor Union representative's leadership.

It was as if the capitalists were truly panicking in front of them. Every time they waved their fists with all their strength, they only brought about a more lasting emptiness after the activity ended.

This made them look forward even more to the workers' club opening on weekends. They also hoped everyone could spend more time together, to the point that whenever the Labor Union representative asked them to do something, they would agree without even thinking about it.