In this fictional dystopian era all Citizens were to be transformed into like (arguably robotic) units with equal measure of physical appearance, brilliance, and physical capability. Those who were born with great superiority in one or all of these categories were assigned by the “Handicapper General” (the fictional US Government official responsible for ensuring equity among US Citizens) a distinct handicap to impair their innate talents to the extent they became commensurate with that of their countrymen. In the case of intellectually gifted persons, a radio transmitter was installed into their ear which sent mind numbing, thought deafening tones into the heads of those who could “think too much” at preset intervals so they might not disturb intellectual equity. Those with great and extraordinary physical strength were weighed down by metal enclosed in bags hung around their necks, or in the most extreme of cases also by great heavy pieces of sheet metal attached to their bodies. The government sought to address the threat presented by the physically capable to the “total and perfect equity” of society by literally weighing them
In this fictional dystopian era all Citizens were to be transformed into like (arguably robotic) units with equal measure of physical appearance, brilliance, and physical capability. Those who were born with great superiority in one or all of these categories were assigned by the “Handicapper General” (the fictional US Government official responsible for ensuring equity among US Citizens) a distinct handicap to impair their innate talents to the extent they became commensurate with that of their countrymen. In the case of intellectually gifted persons, a radio transmitter was installed into their ear which sent mind numbing, thought deafening tones into the heads of those who could “think too much” at preset intervals so they might not disturb intellectual equity. Those with great and extraordinary physical strength were weighed down by metal enclosed in bags hung around their necks, or in the most extreme of cases also by great heavy pieces of sheet metal attached to their bodies. The government sought to address the threat presented by the physically capable to the “total and perfect equity” of society by literally weighing them