[ WP ] It is law to die on a specific date that is dictated by the government . You escape your death date , but the reason why its a law in the first place is revealed to you .

March 21st, 2159. The day I was set to die. Everybody's death date is already planned out, just like mine. They just do n't know it yet. 
 
 From what I've gathered, overpopulation had become a huge problem, and medicine had constantly been increasing in quality for years. People were living past one hundred more and more often, and the planet just could n't hold all of us. We all expected to be off this tiny rock by now, but scientists have yet to find a way to get us to other planets. So what was there plan? To kill their own citizens off. 
 
 I was born on March 21st, 2109. Everybody is given fifty years to live. If that seems crazy, that's because it is. Society taught us that fifty was the perfect age, the age you wanted to become. Once you reached fifty, you had hit your peak. However, if you lived past fifty, your life instantly became worse. Your kidney's would fail, your blood sugar would rise, your spine would give out, everything. They did n't just murder you once you reached fifty. Everybody was genetically enhanced to stop working once they reached that age. When they went to the doctor to get everything check out, they were put to rest. There was simply nothing that could be done. Unless you were rich, of course. The rich and famous paid to live longer. They deserved it, after all, or so they told us. 
 
 Why have people not questioned the fact that nearly every commoner dies at fifty? I'm not too sure myself. Perhaps it's due to the fact that the government has planned newsworthy deaths that occur before a person reaches age fifty, showing the world that not everyone dies at that age. Plus, like I've said before, the government brainwashed us all. We were told that fifty was the right age to die. Life should n't exist beyond that age. 
 
 But it should. Life should exist for sixty, seventy, eighty, hell, even up to a hundred years. Life should play out naturally. How did I survive my death date? I'm not quite sure. I suppose whatever enhancements have been put into my family tree did n't pass on to me. The government knows I'm still out here. There's some secret paperwork involved with the birth of a child, not by the parents, but by the doctors. The death dates are given to the government and stored in some secret facility, I'm sure. The only question is, what are they going to do? 
 
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 Thanks for reading! Sorry about the quality, wrote it in 7 minutes and I'm very tired. I was just interested in this topic.
