Game show to pay off student loans is proof we live in a 'Hunger Games' dystopia

You know that dystopia in which income inequality is so extreme that society invents a game show that forces the less wealthy people to fight one other for survival?

Nope, not The Hunger Games. We're talking about good, old, real-life America in 2018. You know, where unchecked capitalist greed has rendered higher education simultaneously unaffordable and a prerequisite to landing a decent job — leaving 44 million citizens in debt that toals over $1.3 trillion, according to The Washington Post.

Jennifer Lawrence won't be able to save us from this waking nightmare though. 

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