Man Vs Lesser Man
The First Page of my upcoming 900-page novel/screenplay entitled The Man Versus Lesser Man Debates. Soon to be a motion picture… (crosses fingers)
Man: I am greater than you.
Lesser Man: As a lesser man, I must concur.
Man: My ideas are greater and you must agree to them.
Lesser Man: Yes, I must.
Man: Would you die for me?
Lesser Man: No, since my concern for the betterment of society that your presence in replace of mine would bring is overpowered by the natural drive of self-preservation.
Man: Would you kill me to save yourself?
Lesser Man: Yes.
Man: Such an attempt will fail, because I am greater than you. I will survive any clash between us.
Lesser Man: (nods)
Man: Am I your master?
Lesser Man: No, since my lesser status does not conflict with the individualism bestowed upon me by a democratic society, led by a majority.
Man: Are you the majority?
Lesser Man: Yes.
Man: I am greater and should have more influence in the meritocracy of our civilization. How are you in power?
Lesser Man: The Man elevated over the Lesser Man gains elite status, but not political power. He is by definition of his elite status a minority and in a democracy, the power is wielded by the majority.
Man: I do not agree with your assertion and I am substantiated by my own superior status. You cannot be right.
Lesser Man: (nods)
Lesser Man: Why do you not kill me?
Man: I have nothing to gain from the death of a Lesser Man.
Lesser: (Nods)
Man: Yet, I do appreciate your removal from the world.
Lesser Man: (Interrupts) The attempt to kill me does not correlate with the ethics sustained by society. You are morally inferior for this digression, judged by the majority consisting of Lesser Man.
Man: Since my ethics pronounce me lesser in one respect, I must be Lesser Man
Lesser Man: I am Man, I am going to murder you.
Man: But you cannot, because if you kill me as Man, your status will be lowered to mine and thu…(Dies)
Lesser Man: I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.
Damn, it's going to be hard to fill the next 899 pages without a main character.