I think that this is a minor point, yes, not the main point. It’s a subtlety that many miss, not the key reading.
But likewise, I’ve found a prod in Omelas that goads me personally more than the main theme does. It’s the unspoken “and if you’re that unsatisfied with that perfect city, with one single justifiedly suffering child, what in god’s name are you doing about this world, with so much less good, and so much more suffering, so much less justified?”
I think that this is a minor point, yes, not the main point. It’s a subtlety that many miss, not the key reading.
But likewise, I’ve found a prod in Omelas that goads me personally more than the main theme does. It’s the unspoken “and if you’re that unsatisfied with that perfect city, with one single justifiedly suffering child, what in god’s name are you doing about this world, with so much less good, and so much more suffering, so much less justified?”
Yeah seriously. Omelas is better than our world in every possible way INCLUDING child abuse and exploitation