The Marching Morons

In a near‑future world where the average mind has been dulled by generations of comfort and convenience, a handful of brilliant individuals find themselves tasked with keeping society running. The story opens in a modest pottery shop, where a skilled craftsman negotiates with a clueless buyer from a massive department store, revealing how even simple commerce is tangled in absurd bureaucracy and shallow tastes. Through witty dialogue and vivid details, the narrative sketches a civilization dominated by well‑meaning but dim‑witted masses, while a few sharp thinkers scramble to hide their intellect from a populace that can’t comprehend it.

The protagonist, a clever engineer masquerading as an ordinary worker, discovers a radical plan to rescue humanity from its own intellectual decline. As he navigates a world of endless consumerism, government red tape, and a culture that worships novelty over substance, the story balances dark humor with sharp social critique. Listeners will be drawn into a thought‑provoking satire that asks what happens when the smartest are forced to work behind the scenes of a dimmed world.