"Officers in Armoured Suits Burst in, Guns in Hand — and These Guns Weren’t Loaded with Dough"

"The 133rd Live Podcast of the Gourmando Resistance."
By Beth Cato (born 1980).
Illustration by JACEY.
First appearance: Nature/Futures, 20 September 2018.
Short short short story (1 page).
Online at Nature.com (HERE; PDF).

     "She’d read so many theories about what happened from here: hidden tribunals, imprisonment, prosecution."

Can it be that things are heading in this direction? You decide . . .

Comment: A reductio ad absurdum that makes a disturbing point; Swift would be proud.

Resource:
- Beth Cato has been publishing poetry, novels, and short fiction since 2009 (ISFDb; HERE).