resistance vs oppression

They stood outside the Treasury building, the last voices of resistance in a government that no longer listened. A dozen members of Congress, their voices hoarse from demanding answers, faced a locked door guarded by black-clad enforcers who did not acknowledge them. Magnus Vail had already taken control of the nation’s wealth, freezing wages, gutting aid programs, and reducing the economy to a tool of obedience. They spoke of law, of oversight, of justice—but none of it mattered.