A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 516

Chapter 516: Chapter 384 Core Conflict _2 Chapter 516: Chapter 384 Core Conflict _2 “First Class Citizens have privileges. But, they also have obligations, like paying taxes, serving in the army, and providing magic power. Second Class Citizens have no privileges or obligations, they can only live under the protection of First Class Citizens.”

“That's exactly the issue.”

Duanmu Huai nodded and the others continued to look puzzled.

“Issue?”

“Yes, haven't you seen it? First Class Citizens do have privileges, but they have to pay taxes, serve in the army, and provide magic power. Second Class Citizens have no privileges, but they also have none of these obligations – in simple terms, a significant part of the taxes paid by First Class Citizens supports the Second Class ones, who basically don't have to do anything… and are supported by the First Class Citizens… To be honest, I can't really make sense of the operation in the Kingdom of Seth…

“Ah…!”

The crowd only seemed to react to his words just now.

“So, you mean…”

“Yes. Simply put, First Class Citizens need to work, they need to put in an effort. Although the living conditions of Second Class Citizens are not good, they can survive without working and won't be forced to work… honestly, if the living conditions of Second Class Citizens weren't slightly poor, I'd start questioning who really are the privileged ones,” Duanmu Huai said, throwing his hands wide open.

Honestly, when he first heard about this, Duanmu Huai thought he misheard. Usually, there is some class division, but usually, the lower class does hard labor or is enslaved. Even in ancient times, weren't the worst-off slaves forced to build pyramids?

But the Second Class Citizens in the Kingdom of Seth don't need to work, they even get distributed food. It may not be much, but it is enough to keep them from going hungry. And there are no compulsory labor requirements imposed upon them, they even have a dedicated place to live.

Which means, except for being discriminated against, bullied and killed by First Class Citizens, Second Class Citizens only have to lie flat at home and basically have no problems.

On the other hand, First Class Citizens may have privileges, but they must work hard, serve in the military, and pay taxes. That is to say, when they are working overtime or overworked, a part of their earnings has to go to taxes used to support Second Class Citizens!

The city where the Swordsman Knight slashing incident, according to the old doctor, had 100,000 First Class Citizens and 1.1 million Second Class Citizens.

Which means 100,000 people are supporting 1 million.

Who the hell can stand this?

Honestly, Duanmu Huai doesn't understand what the creators of the Kingdom of Seth were thinking.

If you want these poor people to be slaves, to do hard labor, I could understand, at least they'd be contributing to productivity, right?

But they have no obligations, they don't have the right to work, and they still get some food distribution.

Well, this meant that the Second Class Citizens just had to lay low, procreate, and that's it right?

Can First Class Citizens tolerate this?

They study hard, they take hard tests, they work hard after graduation, they work hard to earn money, and a part of it has to be “contributed” to Second Class Citizens…unless the First Class Citizen is a saint, it's natural to look down on these parasites, isn't it?

Why is this not a problem in other countries?

The reason is very simple, people who don't know magic in other countries can support themselves. For example, the people Duanmu Huai met, it doesn't matter if they don't know how to use magic, they can open an inn, a prop shop, or work as a maid in a restaurant, they can support themselves, can't they? Or become an adventurer?

So, this kind of problem doesn't exist in other countries, where everyone supports themselves, and no one owes anyone.

But in Seth – these Second Class Citizens truly owes the First Class ones!

Without the hard work and fighting of the First Class Citizens, it's questionable whether they'd be able to survive.

It's like those high welfare countries in modern society. People work hard, pay taxes, and then see homeless people in the streets live more comfortably than them, can they endure it?

So Duanmu Huai couldn't understand what kind of idiotic operation the Kingdom of Seth had in the beginning.

This was a ratio of 1:10.

Although the Kingdom of Seth is developed in magic and has high productivity, that doesn't warrant such a system, does it?

This means one hard-working First Class citizen has to support ten Second Class ones.

Who would want that?

After Duanmu Huai explained this, everyone fell silent.

They never thought that Duanmu Huai's speech … would make such sense!

“So, what Sahamu said isn't entirely without reason. In the eyes of many First Class Citizens, Second Class Citizens are like pets they're taking care of, and not necessarily willingly…”

“…………”
Everyone fell silent. Before this, they only saw the Second Class Citizens as pitiful and the First Class Citizens as aggressive, but now, putting them in the shoes of the First Class Citizens… I work, and I have to support ten strangers I've never met?

No, thank you. This is worse than forcing a mule to work.

A similar situation happens in modern times too. In some countries, young people even go to nursing homes to kill the elderly and call it “old-age harm”. They truly believe these elderly citizens are useless, and their survival consumes the money they earned through hard work. More importantly, these people aren't their parents, they do not owe them anything. Why do they have to use these taxes to support strangers?

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