How is Hunger Games like the world we live in today?

Look around, although we haven't yet descended into the world of The Hunger Games, our world is showing definite signs that it isn't an impossibilty. First of all, we have the economy. Small businesses are falling apart, more and more people are dependent upon the government for their needs, and new regulations are popping up everywhere.

In addition, as a society, we look more and more to our television sets and the internet for entertainment. Reality television prevails in the ratings, crime has become an entertainment and even addicition....... people videotaping horrors and others watching them over and over again......