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62: The Citrus Baron

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Description

August 20, 1884 I threw myself into work. Getting commissions as a ghost painter continued to be fruitful. Ah, fruit! That reminds me of a recent endeavor. I painted YY4801, a citrus baron. They were referred to me through a placement agent (a whole network of brokers had developed to help feed our occupiers’ art addiction). I was sent to an estate in Florida where orange groves dotted the land. YY4801 lived in a grand house where he regaled me with stories of plentiful harvests. He claimed never to have had a dry year since he came into the estate’s possession. As I wandered the halls, I noticed that the remnants of the original owners still adorned the house, a portrait here or there, a child’s toy in a corner—all an echo of a great crime. At first, The Friends had let the humans keep their industry. But soon, our excessively tall parasitic rulers realized how much power was accumulating to these capitalists. Without controlling the means of production, there would be no control. Pronouncements came via the newspaper. Companies were “acquired,” “merged,” or “seized.” There were many public reasons, but they all had one result: A Friend at the helm. -CV

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ai art

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clownvamp

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the truth

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narrative

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Contract: KT1GT3...MA62
Token ID: 44

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