It is indeed a story about "opting out". I was hoping it would spur a little discussion. It's not exactly a long read, but I guess too long for the attention

It is indeed a story about "opting out". I was hoping it would spur a little discussion. It's not exactly a long read, but I guess too long for the attention span of the current crowd. Everyone in modern society has chosen not to walk away from Omelas. Every day we live on the backs of untold suffering - actual peasants and literal slave labor who mine our minerals and manufacture our goods. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas personifies that as a single child, whose suffering we all know. And yet our banners could not be as bright or our people as happy if we didn't. We of course all identify with the ones who walk away, yet none of us choose to do so. It's a thought-provoking piece.