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Omelas
Omelas is the fictional city described in the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin.
In the story, Omelas is a city of happiness and delight, whose inhabitants are intelligent, cultured and refined. Everything about Omelas is pleasing, except for the secret of its happiness: the good fortune of Omelas requires that an unfortunate child be kept in filth, darkness and misery.
The title describes the reaction of some of the city´s inhabitants to this state of affairs.
See also: scapegoat
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