[I spoil the main points of the story.]
A guy wakes up and he's in the place he doesn't recognize. It looks like a bad part of town, but what it really is is a city-sized prison. Basically, when you commit a crime, you just get tossed into a part of the city with all the other criminals. It still sort of functions, but committing crimes here are not really punished very harshly since everyone there is basically there for a similar reason.
The main problem in this story is that the main character doesn't belong there. He was mistakenly sent there and has to learn how to live in a place like that until he can find a police officer and explain the mistake. The only issue is that he seems to be having more success there than he did in the the more legal part of the city.
The concept of a city-sized prison has been done to death, but that's only because it's a fascinating idea. The most notable example was in the Batman series with Arkham City, which was that very idea. Just toss everyone in that one spot and let them rot. A neat idea, but it was also a breeding ground for the cities most ruthless individuals.
In real life, there's Australia. The whole damn continent was a prison. It still ended up being a proper country, though. Still funny if you think about it.
Another funny example happens sometimes in video games. Sometimes when cheaters are found in a multiplayer match, the mods will force them to play in servers that are filled with other cheaters. It basically levels the playing field for them since everyone is cheating now.
I did enjoy this story, and I do recommend it. It's cool to see how this idea has popped up here and there in all of its forms. Sometimes it's fiction and sometimes it's real. Crazy stuff.
This blog was written on April 20, 2026.
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The fiction is not so fictional after all. Every city becomes a prison when the authorities favor the lawless. The rulers do what they want with impunity because we're too busy trying to survive the lesser criminals.
ReplyDeleteThere are some situations around the world like that, but the truth is that we are all free to chose God over the world. So all the things you are saying here are completely irrelevant when Eternity is admitted into the equation. It is a very common thing for humans to forget that our entire lives only last mere moments on the grand stage that is Eternity.
DeleteThe main focus should be keeping criminals away from the general public. A prison is basically a place to keep them. It is not the amount of space, but the seclusion that is important.
ReplyDeleteHehe, yeah. Where do we put them?
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