It’s the story of Harrison Bergeron and the Handicapper General coing to fruition...
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Exactly, If your beautiful (you must wear a mask) If your athletic (you must wear weights and shackles to encumber your performance) If you’re capable of intelligent thought (You must be crippled with a bug in your ear, screaming interruptions into your every thought).
If you revolt, they will eliminate you.