Thats because you have probably read a dystopian novel that uses this very thing, a government sponsored reality show about hanging on to life, limb, and liberty. Kinda like Hunger Games.
Yes... Hunger Games it is! And add to that the Evangelicals trying to get women back to the kitchen where they belong, and we have Hunger Games meets A Handmaid's Tale.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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