Chapter 38: Discoveries, Part 2

"Poor Jimmy, he's had a crush on her since she rescued him. She's just not right for him, but he hasn't found the one who is yet.

"But to business. Pay attention. This will be on the test. The Underground started as most of these movements do, as widely spread and poorly organized cells of discontent. Young people who were feeling more and more left out of life, middlers who saw their working life stretch interminably into the future. Did you know the average working life use to be about 40 years, after which you could enjoy a retirement of maybe fifteen years before your health collapsed and you were warehoused until you died?