The society of Omelas is described as perfect, a Utopian world where everyone is happy, and "as they did without monarchy and slavery, so they also got on without the stock exchange, the advertisement, the secret police, and the bomb" (Le Guin,1). This suggests that they have no authoritative force. However, we find that a child is locked alone in a basement somewhere, constantly alone, with barely any food, no company, no sunlight, and "They all know it is there, all the people of Omelas" (Le Guin, 3). In this case, while there is no organized force, the entirety of the population becomes a violent, policing force over this one child.
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