The state was a tool of class rule; every country followed the same road. Immigrants who fled to East Africa had merely changed the place where they were ruled.
In Germany and the Far East, the vast majority of people owned no land. Land belonged to the Junkers and the landowning class. Just like those who went to the United States in this era, unless they were nobles or wealthy people, they still had to work as laborers for several years after arriving.
What set East Africa apart was that beneath the common people were slaves. I might not be living well, but if someone was worse off than me, then I was living very well.
Ernst had initially considered distributing land to immigrants, but now it seemed completely unnecessary. The immigrants had no such demand. They were accustomed to being tenants for nobles and landlords, so when they suddenly encountered a place like East Africa that provided for their food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even arranged their marriages, they were satisfied instead. After all, they could not imagine a better life.
Ernst had once wanted to grant land in exchange for military merit, but the natives' combat strength was simply not worth that price, so the land had continued to rot in the hands of the Hechingen Royal Family.
Moreover, East Africa was a union of family and state, with the Hechingen Royal Family owning all of East Africa, turning East African politics into a patchwork monstrosity.
No matter how one looked at it, the agricultural situation resembled Soviet-style collective farms. The difference was that collective farms legally belonged to the collective economy—that is, they were jointly owned by the villagers—whereas East Africa operated under private ownership. Yet nearly every industry in East Africa was the private property of