In a book I recently read, called Shades of Grey society is based on what people can see. There are seven kinds of people, Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Yellow, Orange, and Grey. Purple is the highest in society; Grey the lowest. Eddie Russet is a low Red. He gets in trouble and is sent away from his home, and society, to a place called “The outer fringes” and unruly place, that seems to blow Eddie mind. They break rules! They don’t follow the holy book of color! He meets a wild Grey named Jane. Together they discover a dark secret about this dystopia future. My question after reading the book was “Which is better, having an oppressive, yet semi functional society, or chaos?”
Obviously there are ups and downs for both. The society, if not stopped, will last for centuries more probably, centuries of oppression and hidden death. But for most people living is alright. But for those who dare question or think, they’ll meet a grim end. However in chaos, there are no rules. Someone with power and influence could easily take over and make things even worse!
So there’s no perfect answer. The hardest and best solution is to work to destroy the society, but keep some vestiges of civilization once it’s gone. Eddie and Jane truly have a hard couple of years coming.
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