[ WP ] There have been so many dystopian stories set in a world where Communism and Totalitarianism run wild , write one where Capitalism is now the bad guy

The books always said something about communism, or totalitarialism. Maybe even empiricism. I think an empire would be cool, though, having a king. It was not those things that drove humanity into the ground; there was no fallout or World War Three. Yeah, a few cold wars here and there, but nothing that killed us. 
 
 Russia took over some land, and our economy crashed. Like, it *crashed*. People lost millions, food prices shot up, and businesses were put out if business. Gas became too expensive to even think about. People died; suicide, murder, accidents. Unless, you were the 1 %. The ones controlling the government through corporations, bending them to their will. 
 
 Those people are our overlords. 
 
 Sure, go ahead and say that we still have a democracy. You're not wrong, we do. If we have an actual way to get to a voting poll to vote without walking miles, or getting murdered or robbed. When the economy crashed, the countries did n't take loans from other countries; nobody had enough money to do that. What did they do then? They asked the rich people, who, I'm sure, just jumped on the opportunity. Through companies of course, but we're in their debt. 
 
 Not that it matters much now. We're too poor to recover, but they're trying. Most people moved to the country, and migrated south. Without electricity, and unless you had your own solar, wind or hydro generator, you'd never afford it otherwise. Most moved out to cattle farms after a few years of slowly drowning in debt. 
 
 Banks were losing money, police were laid off. People took safety into their own hands, and, unfortunately for them, people took the law into their own hands, too. 
 
 It's been twenty years. I grew up in this, lived in this, and have almost died. I have never driven a car, because nobody can afford gas to import, and the pumps are empty now. I mean, the rich totally can. We get supply drops every now and then from a company like `` Apple iFood'' and other giant corporations. Our government cares more about pleasing those assholes than making sure we live. 
 
 Those who live in cities are either the rich, government, or those who work for them, the inside of cities, that is. Other than the abandoned ones, they built a wall perimeter. Giant and unclimbable. People were desperate for work, and the rich needed to keep the bandits out. The entrances are guarded to the extreme, as are weak points. That's kind of ironic, when you think about it, though. Weak points in a giant concrete wall. 
 
 If I could work for the government, I would. They do n't pay you, but they give you an apartment, food, water, and something to occupy your time. Other than the jobs, the only downside is that you live outside the walls. Heavily guarded areas, of course, yet still dangerous. Barely anyone returns when the corporations are done with them. You can have relationships, if you're lucky enough to find someone, but not kids. They do n't like the poor in their walls, and you probably do n't want a kid being raised outside the walls in a city. Always bandits looking for a score. 
 
 Sometimes, when you're moving to find more water or food, because you ca n't stay in the same place, you'll have to run through towns that never survived, people that could've had lives, but never did. Some of them from fifteen years ago, a group of bandits or military ran through, and, well... Some of them days old. Those are the days we turn around. 
 
 We're in an apocalypse, and the zombies are n't created from dead humans.
