When the children of Omelas visit the child for the first time, they are shocked and disgusted, they get angry and think about doing something for the child but they do nothing. They know it would be a really good thing but they cannot pursue it in exchange for the prosperity and beauty of Omelas. In the story he is mentioned as: “To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that one, small improvement: to throw away the happiness of thousands for the possibility of the happiness of just one: that would be to leave that blame truly among the walls. The terms are rigorous and absolute; there may not even be a kind word spoken to the child” (Le Guin: page-6). Some people in North America know these exploitative workers, they feel bad and some even protest. They create NGOs, send funds and donations, but never try to break the tradition of exploited labor. Everyone assumes this is what's best for society. An idea can be drawn from Guglielmo
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