Under the Enrichment Laws, consumers have to spend a fixed…

Under the Enrichment Laws, consumers have to spend a fixed quota of dollars each month, depending on their strata. Hoarding is an anti-corpocratic crime.

Sourced, Cloud Atlas (2004)

“An Orison of Somni~451″, p. 237.

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