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>the year is 2030 AD
>9 years post 589
>the new societal class division is "Ripple Chads" vs "Stinky Linkies"
>everyone who held even a small stack of XRP prior to the Day of the rope is now considered aristocracy
>NonRippler Syndrome now listed first in DSM-8
>Brad rules the earth with an iron fist. His massive stack allows Him and His Council to fetch data from the Esoteric Realms
>David Schwartz is praised as the Messenger of Prophecy
>every action but the most rudimentary (like breathing and eating) is now performed through an instant cross border payment. Among the upper classes even those are done in a trustless manner
>therefore Those Who Hold XRP de facto rule the earth, as their value are needed to facilitate any action
>as XRP is non-mineable, stinky linkys are forced to labour, often under slave conditions, for Ripple Chads
>Ripple Chads with large stacks fall into great decadence, as the passive income they receive from stacked nodes allows them to become lifelong smelly NEETs
>Link heretics are forced by the Ripplesition to choose between conversion to XRP or death