let there be a race. let there be a rat race, even. but let there be one uniform, one track and one starting time. and let there be one breakfast beforehand and one, great parent in the stands.

but this "race" alone is a terrible metaphor because let there also be one training schedule. some people are definitely stupider or lazier or stupider and lazier than other people, but let there be a truly gigantic stadium for this race, one with a gravity greater than homes. let there be no inheritances.