The Supermarket Saga: An American Satire A Comedic Drive Through Democracy in 2025 by T Filis It was a bright Thursday morning in August 2025, and Jane, a proud woman and lifelong Democrat, was getting ready for her perilous expedition: a trip to the supermarket. She buckled herself into her pastel blue electric car. In the driveway, her neighbor Bob watched her suspiciously from behind a wall of American flags, each one larger than his SUV. Jane waved, but Bob simply nodded, clutching his “Don’t Tread On Me” mug as if it might leap from his hands and start voting by mail. Jane drove cautiously, knowing that her route was lined with yard signs boasting “Make America Great Again, Again” and “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for the Algorithm.” She paused at the stoplight, where a group of citizens were locked in a heated debate over whether the traffic signal was a socialist plot to make everyone wait equally. Jane adjusted her sunglasses, tuned her radio to NPR (now rebran...
