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The societal fabric is fraying as the unemployment rate skyrockets to over 50%, leaving only the elite able to afford the luxury of spacious apartments, clean water, and quality food. A contrast stark and disturbing manifests as the poor are relegated to hauling water from communal sources and subsisting on highly processed food wafers produced by the Soilent Corporation. Their flagship products, Soilent Red and Soilent Yellow, are marketed as high-energy vegetable concentrates, but the corporation has recently launched a new product, Soilent Green, touting it as a more nutritious and flavorful option—though no one truly understands its origin.