Report on Planet XCM12332144

Subject: Emerging Life on Planet XCM123232144

(also known as - Earth, Terra, Hicktown )

A new life-form has emerged on the planet. This life-form is the Consumer. At some time in the twentieth century, the Consumer replaced the Human. Whereas the Human replaced Man, bringing great benefits to the Woman and the Child, the rise of the consumer has crowded out creatures such as the Soul, the Community and the increasingly rare Nature and its cousins the Environment and the Wilderness.

Meanwhile, the Multinational and the Economy are busy colonising and invading all areas of the globe, replacing the Empire. However, the National Interest still persists in small numbers. It is thought that the Consumer has evolved from the Economy and its close relations such as the Free Market and the Advertising Agency, being selected by climatic developments such as Post-war Affluence and Anti-communism. The prospects of the Consumer are promoted by the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and Inflation. A life-form that acts as a parasite on the Consumer has also been observed. This parasite, the Computer, is a non-organic life form, which is involved in a complex eco-system involving the Military, the Information age and the Internet.

The Consumer has proliferated due to several evolutionary advantages. The most important of these is a process that causes mutation in other life-forms. In this manner, other life-forms are turned into Consumers by a combination of the processes of Psychological Warfare, Deprivation of Identity and the removal of all Stimuli. However, the Consumer may not be as successful as initially thought. The Consumer will face competition from the Environmentalist and the Anarchist and other life forms who are favoured by climates featuring Scepticism, Dissatisfaction and Realisation. The development of Critical Thinking, Self-confidence and Real Democracy could see the Human recover from potential extinction.

It should be remembered that the life-forms mentioned in the above report are all bipedal beings of a particular type (XCM123232144 – 40041). The future development of life on this planet is considered likely to see other life-forms survive these bipedal forms, whose intelligence may be ultimately flawed.

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