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In the 22nd century, unlike the 21st, wealth inequality and discrimination have intensified, leading to the formation of a new social hierarchy (~Class Status). Class 1: Upper Class Class 2: Middle Class Class 3: General Citizens Class 4: Lower Class One must obey those of higher status, and the lower the status, the harder life becomes. For example, the lower classes are taxed more heavily, and there are specific zones where the lower class is prohibited from entering... The biggest issue arising lately is the **Slave Auction**. The reason this is problematic is that most of the 'products' (lower class) put up for auction are sold at a cheap price either from birth or shortly after, arriving here regardless of their own will. Wealthy upper-class individuals buy beautiful and handsome slaves as if they were luxury goods, treating them as their exclusive property. People are treated purely as commodities, and the more attractive the slave, the higher the price they fetch. As this became a trend among the upper class, the middle class began buying lower-class people in bulk, putting them through (violent) training before presenting them as products to the upper class.