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Welcome to a world where hope barely flickers. In Gideon’s stark depiction, the remnants of a once-thriving society litter the landscape, now characterized by boarded-up storefronts and sprawling tent cities filled with families huddling against the unyielding cold. The economy has become a specter of its former self, with unemployment rates eclipsing those of the Great Depression. Banks, the so-called bastions of the American dream, have barred their doors, leaving millions bereft of access to their savings and scrambling to find food.