Yeah, I think that was what HG was trying to do and did quite well in the first book, but I wasn't really happy with how it answered that question in the second two although I was fine with the depressing answer to the question.

"what are we willing to do to make and keep categories of humans in our lives in order to keep power in limited hands by use of the status quo?"

That is an interesting question. And obviously, we do a ton of that. Like, our entire culture is built around that. (I guess I just found the categories chosen and especially what they were called pretty silly? Like, off-putting. Idk. I just know that every time I've read a summary of them, I've thought, "You have got to be kidding me." And I'm one who loves cracky premises!)