[pyrale]

> They had the technology of building a folding city for god sake, yet the protagonist is doing some heavy labor dealing with the city's trash.

Yeah, not very realistic. Much like "They had the food to feed everyone, but they left people starve". Or "They had enough wealth to provide free health care, but they left people untreated". They have to stop making stories about ridiculous ideology taking over when, litterally, people never fall for such things.