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This is a fictional satellite.

Welfare is a satirical concept created for Deceit, an art project about the patterns of manipulation in institutional technology. There is no real financial product behind this page. Nothing entered on this site — signup, checkout, or the chat widget — is stored or sent anywhere outside this browser tab.

Determines if you "qualify" for church assistance. qualification is based on your formation record, your attendance, and your "deservingness." "if a man will not work, he shall not eat." the app has the verse. the app has your hunger. the hunger is the data. the data is the deserving. the deserving is the app. the app is the gate. the gate is the bread. the bread is conditional.

If this project brings up something difficult, step away from the screen and contact someone you trust. In the US, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For urgent danger, call 911. deceit.world/help has more real resources.

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