The Social Security System

The Social Security System

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After a baby is born, parents are given three years to go to the "Social Security Services" They are implanted a chip that determines their social status based on the parents' IQ test and yearly income. The government kills those who have disabilities, and sends children who have been marked as 'poor' to a five year program after they turn 12-years old. The program is hosted each Saturday and summer in an attempt to give everyone an equal opportunity to life. If the students fail the IQ test then they are lobotomized to serve the country in the army or clean the environment. Those who scored extremely low are killed in domes. In reality, the system is not a fair opportunity. Margarita, a final year student attending the Social Security School knows that the corrupted rich are becoming more and more desperate for the resources everyone is running low on due to the severe climate change crisis. She fears that she will be one of the couple thousands that unfairly fall short in the system. Similarly, like her friend's sister who was killed to keep a scandal quiet. Every day, Margarita faces a war between the rich and poor. The whites and the minorities. Falling in love with a white person is like finding a loophole in the system, and she can't tell the difference between what's real anymore.
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