Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 58
Quotes from book
Jennifer Government
Jennifer Government is a novel written by Max Barry. Published in 2003, it is Barry's second novel, following 1999's Syrup. The novel is set in a dystopian alternate reality in which most nations are dominated by for-profit corporate entities while the government's political power is extremely limited. Some readers consider it similar in satiric intent to George Orwell's 1984, but of a world with too much corporate power as opposed to too much political power. Many readers see it as a criticism of globalisation, although Barry claims he is not an anti-globalist. He has created a game based on the novel: Jennifer Government: NationStates.The novel was titled Logoland for the German and Italian editions. The Brazilian edition was titled EU S/A, translated as Me, Inc., but can be seen as an abbreviation of Estados Unidos Sociedade Anônima, which roughly translates to United States, Inc. in English.
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 40, page 138
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 1, page 5
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 51, page 190
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 53, page 202
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 1, page 4
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 40, page 144
“What’s not fair is that our society rewards selfishness. That’s not fair.”
Source: Jennifer Government (2003), Chapter 5, “Wal-Mart” (p. 18)
