how could i create an anti-uptopia?

depending on what a person’s core values would be determined where they placed in society (for example, justice seekers became the police, philosophers/scientists and truth seekers became the leaders, and anyone who valued personal pleasures like greed or lust became the peasants and laborers).

Shoot, could I use that? Like in my mind i would make it basically the ones living in squalor (peasants and laborers) are forced to steal from others (this includes the higher rankings homes, females become prostitutes to other high rankers that work in big departments and thats how they get money (basically like the higherups r dangling a carrot in front of them takimg advantage of the poor and their situation), justice seekers in my mind would be the ones who gather information on other people good or bad, to hand in to the police, and get them arrested and they are rewarded with whatever for their good deed.

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