Squares vs Hip Cats

Once upon a time in a land far far away was a people comprised of two types; the Normies and the Hip Cats. The Hip Cats were very cool. They always knew the right things to say or do. That made the Hip Cats very popular with the Normies. The Hip Cats were so cool that they could do things impossible for any Normie to accomplish. Normies would flock from miles around to witness the accomplishments of the Hip Cats. And with training, over generations, some Normies were becoming Hip Cats! Pretty soon the Hip Cats were inundated with the mundanities of maintaining fledgling civilizations and were being prevented from being cool and doing cool things. They needed help.

So they brought on board a subgroup of the Normies, the Squares to help them out with the day to day tasks. The Squares were ever so smart. They were able to keep track of details and manage the tasks that fell out of running the place. They were very good at long range planning. And being invited into the inner circle of the Hip Cats?!? What an honour!

For some time things were really good in the land. But then the Squares began to notice that they were doing all the work while the Hip Cats hung out being cool. The rest of the Normies praised the Hip Cats for existing, while the hard work of the Squares was going unnoticed. That wasn't fair. But then there was the disrespect on top of it. It was an intolerable situation. The Hip Cats existence made the Squares feel bad. The Squares were doing all the work, it was only fair that they be in charge. It was time to get rid of the Hip Cats.

It's not like the Hip Cats were contributing any more to the running of things. But the rest of the Normies, how to eliminate the Hip Cats without making everyone angry...

The Squares took advantage of their inside positions and their ability to form long term plans. First, they played to the egos of the Hip Cats. That put at least some Normies offside. After a few years and planned events the Hip Cats would never see coming, they were eliminated and at least some Normies would see it as being freed! A few half truths, some manufactured truth, and a few undetectable outright lies were thrown in and it put the Normies offside forever!

But what of Normies becoming Hip Cats? Well, that just could not be allowed as no Square could face a Hip Cat on cool terms. So any and all activities that contributed to Hip Cat production were made effectively illegal. No fun allowed, and anyone having fun outside of the new boundaries was punished severely. The Normies could find meaning and purpose in life by working hard for their new rulers.

As for inadvertent Hip Cat production, the Normies were trained to believe that anyone displaying Hip Cat tendencies was evil and needed to be killed. Mobs of incensed Normies would murder their fellow man for any excessive coolness.

With their great intelligence, their ability to plan long range and right on their side, the Squares saved the people from the coolness of the Hip Cats. With everything running at peak efficiency the Squares were very satisfied that the Hip Cats would never return and everything would remain the same for ever and ever.

And they all lived happily ever after.

And then I was born.