Chapter Twenty-Three
The System
Once the rings were all in place and the piercings healed, Syd was introduced to The Board.
The System, of course, had always existed, but the great leap forward it took when the on line social networks began to flourish was unexpected and highly lucrative for them. The great beauty of social networking, as far as Graf Salmon and his organization were concerned, was that people who otherwise would lead quiet, unknown lives are exposed to the entire world, displaying their wants, needs, fears, perversions, occupations, family ties, bank accounts, vocations and vacations blatantly and with little protection. With over a billion gullible and self-centered souls to choose from, operations like The System thrived on this enormous treasure trove of highly perso
