^ You are the second person to point out to me the redundancy of the "SRE". Therefore, the SRE is now simply the S.R., or Soviet Reich... alluding to combined Germanian and Russian thematic elements.
Since they are all squashed together with HQ's in the same city, The
United
States and
Soviet
Reich may summarily be referred to henseforth as the U.S.S.R.
...How's that for parody?
More on PWC Facility System
The PWC system as I present it aims to suggest an ethics question which is somewhat more subtle than being a mere "concentration camp" depiction. The people who work at PWC facilities arrived there by choice, in the strictest sense. Of course, they can't get a job working for respected employers, and without a doubt that is because of the way the system works in this case; but they are not deprived of their health or their lives as a result. To the contrary, these things are insured rather than harmed for enlisted citizens in the PWC Employment System; and via good behavior, accumulated PWC work credits can be used to redeem a citizen's CCN score, ultimately empowering him/her to re-enter the registered corporate workforce with new skills (and lessons in civil obedience).
Economic desparation corners them and forces them to enlist voluntarily in a system which deprives them of their basic economic dignity in order to ensure their simple survival; and yet, none of these workers are there because of race or religion. None of them were dragged away from successful lives or businesses and placed there forcibly; and each of them, if they had made better social or economic choices, could have chosen a different, more successful path.
By ensuring that the lower common social denominators are compelled to submit to manual labor and perform tasks which more intellectually useful citizens shirk from, the middle class grows. The pathways to success are easier to follow. Social order is rewarded with the promise of economic advancement in exchange for simple good behavior.
Why is Facility 13 right next to Wall Avenue's prestegious business towers and in the shadow of Columbia Centre? It is there for the same reason that real life people sleep under pieces of cardboard in the alleys behind New York's tallest buildings. Fascism, Communism, and Capitalism are all presented as being very different in popular theory; but I think that if there is any allegorical message that I am trying to communicate with this project, it is that all three paths often lead to surprisingly similar ends.
This project is an allegorical depiction of the world as I see it, checkered with great glory and great darkness (regardless of what side/system any one of us individually happens to be rooting for)... and yes, I have a whole heck of a lot of fun playing with it.
IAA - New Project Description
Headquarters of the Imperial Architectural Administration (IAA) is 720 feet tall, and hosts the world's most renowned architects and structural engineers.
Joint Columbia-Babylon commissioned the IAA after concluding that the sheer scale of ongoing urban design initiatives could not be fully realized without broader State controls and oversight in the field of architectural sciences.
The Atlas Foundation stated a formal objection to the initial motion to create the IAA, stating that
"The Nationalizion of private sector architectural firms would create a federal monopoly on an important part of the private sector, potentially undermining intellectual property and placing the broader economy at risk."
The motion passed 4-2 in the Tri-Party Congress. It was defeated 2-1 in the Columbian Seat. The Independent Corporate Fascist Party endorsed the ruling, bringing total representative votes to 6 Yeas and 4 Nays. The ruling passed, and the IAA was created.
An elevated rail line also makes its debut here. Tentative location for this new complex is on the south side of the city.:
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