Jack (Powerless)

Jack was a worker in Studio City, West Coast People's Democratic Republic. One night, he was in the Valley Relic pub, complaining that he would soon have to move because a junior commissar wanted his apartment. Charlie Simpkins overheard and approached Jack. After confirming to their respective satisfaction that they were not NBI men, they briefly and privately groused about their respective situations. Jack invited Simpkins back to the Valley Relic the next day to talk to Ervin.

Simpkins returned the next night and met with Jack and Ervin. Ervin explained how their particular form of opposition would have to work: rather than moving to change the system, they would have to build up "breathing room" within the system to allow ordinary citizens to go about their business. Further, he assured Simpkins that the "powerless" had more power than they thought. The state could take things away, but since the people had little to begin with, they had little to lose. Ervin recommended Simpkins ask questions in public, and to check the laws of the WCPDR.