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*** Weis is a monster who is basically a loan shark to people who will die if they don't get the time, sure, but what about ... I don't know, some novelist or something, who got his or her time fair and square because other rich people paid to read it and he or she got a royalty check? (How would that even work? The person gets a capsule in the mail maybe?) Then again, there doesn't seem to be much of art in this future, so maybe that's not an issue, but, if this is anything like our world, there are rich people who, somehow, someway, got rich off of other rich people (and possibly even started out poor) who were, in no way part of the system that oppresses the poor, probably due to rich people buying crap they don't need and someone else having the ingenuity to realize that rich people would buy crap they don't need. I guess you could say they're jerks for not sharing with the poor - but someone is giving the guy who runs the timeline time to share with the less fortunate. Of course, it's kind of understandable they didn't get into this in the movie - [[In Time]] is already packed with so many ideas that are barely explored you could make ten more movies.

* [[Anvilicious]]: This film is not at all subtle with its messages about class warfare.

* [[Artistic License Economics]]: Perhaps deliberately invoked. If the system operated on any kind of supply/demand process, then it would require a constant stream of new births to prevent deflation. If it was meant to prevent overpopulation, the cost of living would be based on population concentration. Instead wages are decreased and prices are increased by fiat(especially once Will and Sylvia begin their time theft spree), meaning the purpose of the system is to ''[[Kill the Poor|Work The Poor To Death]]'' at a controllable rate.

* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: The system meant to prevent overpopulation would actually cause it to happen ''faster''. The worse off people are, the more kids they have, sooner. Even with the most conservative estimates, population would double every twenty years. "Population control" is [[Blatant Lies|propaganda]] to justify [[Crapsack World|systemic slavery]].