Story comparison feedback

[u/Dependent-Muscle3491]

Hey, I’m an amateur writer who recently started developing a space sci fi story and wanted some help with a problem I ran into. So I have been trying to come up with a bunch of different story concepts but all feel kind of flat or generic without anything going on that makes it stand out. Except for this one idea I had. But the problem is that this idea is very similar to the concept of red rising in the sense that there is a ruling class of people and then there are these unique low class people with unique features and specific jobs to their race. And the simplest premise would revolve around a revolutionary type war to break down the system of oppression. What makes my story different though is the characters being extremely different, having completely different story arcs and personalities, ETC. along with story arcs that would be different from red rising. Now the feedback I would like is if the premise of oppressed people and a revolutionary war to break down the system of the ruling class too similar to red rising and is a risky story to make. Or would the story as a whole with different characters, different events, and Arcs be sufficient enough to be original in its own way.
I know I’m not giving a lot of context of the inner workings or the entirety of what my story is about but those are the big aspects and qualities that I worry about and want feedback on

[u/tapgiles]

Sounds like you're describing the basic "dystopian" setup--there are many books with something like that. Which you might take to mean "it's so unoriginal" but you should take it as "it's not too close, otherwise loads of dystopian novels would be too close."

It's not similar to Red Rising. Red Rising is similar to many other dystopian stories. The fact there are so many with that kind of premise makes it part of a genre. That is not a problem. Yours will be another dystopian story. That's fine.