What are most Federation twenty-somethings doing at this time?
Those young people from ordinary families probably already have a job that might suffice for a lifetime of work, provided there won't be widespread economic downturns and their companies or factories continue to develop.
Each week, they work six days in the factory, from eight in the morning until seven at night, or from nine thirty in the morning until eight at night, with at least ten-hour working days.
Every night, they come home to eat a cheap dinner, with the only happiness possibly being sinking deep into the sofa after dinner, munching on a giant tub of popcorn that's saccharinely sweet at ninety-nine cents, and drinking a ten-liter beverage costing only two dollars forty-nine cents.
Then quietly, choosing a favorite show, they smile innocently along with it, until they eventually fall asleep unaware.
They won't notice the sorrow on their faces, because they sleep so peacefully.
