In 2035, the world's jobs were replaced with robots. Due to the unavailability of jobs, a great and powerful recession ensued. Material goods were given to the few owners of the world, and the rest of the world was left to starve or receive aid from the great giants of the world. Unfortunately, many people suffered and riots engulfed the world. There was no longer enough jobs to support everyone. A system had to be designed that allowed people to live without working. Since total fairness in the distribution of material goods could not be accepted by the people; purpose was needed to sustain the population's entertainment and self-worth. That purpose was bets. An artificial system, where people have to place bets to survive.
The system was fair. Everyone was given that same amount of credits to buy bets at the age of 17. If the bets were productive, you would ensure your future survival and your gluttony of material goods. If you bets were bad, you would be sentenced to live in a death camp, formally known as a financial adjustment center. Or you could try to live on the streets, fearing and defying the local enforcement agencies.
It became a do or die society. The rich lived well and the poor was given nothing. Older people, who had no sense for the desires of the youth, were placed in specialized facilities that catered to their needs and kept them out of sight. Placing bets emphasized society's bad habits. Prostitution, drugs. fake food, slavery and plastic became a normalized things in this society. Since the the difference in weath was a driving factor, the society could not happen without that difference
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