We are born, we are gone, we are shadows. All anyone can hope for is to be remembered two shadows deep.

Bonus points for the technical accuracy of 64-bit color being kind of crazy.

I think Bernard is like halfway to being a great character. If he didn't say things that were so on-the-nose villainous, I think he could be a great devil's advocate to speak for a leader's responsibility to protect the silo (per the knowledge that Silo #1 woud nuke them from orbit if they were to revolt which is inevitable if the masses had complete information), and therefor pulling the wool over their eyes could be ethical for the sake of the greater good. But instead, he says shit like:

People who dream of a better life are a virus, a cancer in the silo that needs to be squashed.

I think that steel-manning a totalitarian stance of "the ends justify the means" can be really entertaining, see Terra Ignota for example of how it can be done persuasively.

On the whole, though, it's not poorly written, it's entertaining, and doesn't do anything wrong IMO.

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