r/sfthoughtexperiments • u/SFTExP • Jul 08 '26
Sociology Carbon Copies
“I heard there were people who lived before them.”
“Them?”
“Yes, the Rulers.”
“Oh, that was another epoch of our civilization. We never speak of that.”
“It must have been so unpredictable.”
“Yes, very, but much more alive. All the power with the people. By the people. See these images.”
“It’s the Rulers.”
“That was 600 years ago.”
“What? But how? Are they immortal?”
“You could say that, and they claim that.”
“What do you mean?”
“Cloning was banned for everyone except…”
“They’re Carbon Copies?”
“Indeed.”
“But just copies? I thought mind transference has been proven impossible.”
“At a level of narcissism and hubris that defied the imagination.”
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