#*willers.

[keyhop]

it is an obvious “read between the lines” kind of system but to be explicit: willers are essentially second class citizens.

they face extreme prejudice. their rights are limited. employment is both systemically and culturally difficult. willers aren’t allowed to work “higher level thinking/moral” jobs without a learner’s permit (that is very difficult to get). which restricts them to blue collar, manual labor jobs and minimum wage jobs that society deems mindless and “easy” (e.g. fry cook) (despite what they may have been prior to their felony and enrollment in DECORUM). while they could technically be cashiers and waiters and minimum-ish wage jobs of that nature, employers do discriminate and would never hire a willer as a face of their company.

there’s also a HOM (high occupancy mind) tax on many experiential things. because willers have a conscience who can see and hear what they do, if they’re buying a ticket to see a movie or go to a concert or attend college, all of these would require a double pay because someone else is also experiencing these things through them.

it’s difficult to move up in the world as a willer. it’s very difficult to actually pass the multiphasic morality assessment and not all components of the test are public knowledge, even to the willers. some components are presumably observation based and never revealed or remarked on. making it mysterious and un-study-able and unable to be disputed.

[keyhop]

ive never explicitly mentioned it but the contact lenses that willers have to wear all have a scifi geometric wiring look to them (like this) that overlays the iris. from far away, the geometric detail is not that noticeable. but if you’re talking to a willer face to face, you’d be able to see it, and you’d know exactly what it means (that they’re a willer).