Every country is a real Omelas situation—I don't think we're meant to read it and go "man, sucks to have to make that choice," but, "oh, it's an allegory for th

Every country is a real Omelas situation—I don't think we're meant to read it and go "man, sucks to have to make that choice," but, "oh, it's an allegory for the society I actually live in". The entire global economy is one, too, in fact. Not to spoil it, but that's something The Good Place ends up wrestling with by the end.