Cindy stared blankly at the class warrior she had once worshiped and asked cautiously, "Are you willing to accept them too?"
"Get your position straight, little girl..." Song Zaiyi sighed. "Don't put on such a pleading attitude. The Third World's population is an excellent resource as well. Aside from Hua Xia City, whose stance is unclear, none of the Five Great Cities would refuse this resource. In fact, they all want to claim it!"
"Huh?" Cindy froze. "Is that so? But... so far, not a single city has openly expressed a willingness to accept people from outside the Forty-Six Nations."
"Of course not..." Song Zaiyi shrugged. "Star Sea has only just begun development. Each city has a quota of only two hundred thousand people. How could they possibly accept outsiders right now?"
"So you're still discriminating against them, aren't you?" Cindy frowned. "You think people from the Forty-Six Nations are superior to those from the outside world."
"It's not discrimination. It's a fact..." Song Zaiyi sighed. "Idealism has never solved the root of any problem. The people within the Forty-Six Nations are living through a period of peace, and most of them aren't extreme in their thinking, making them relatively easy to govern. They also have a certain cultural foundation, with a larger number of highly educated people. Not to mention, if we're only talking about cultural literacy, how many people in the Third World have doctorates? How many researchers?"
"For the sake of a city's development and competitiveness, even setting aside ethnic sentiment, choosing a higher-quality population is simply the natural choice when weighing the pros and cons..."
Cindy bit her lip. Although she did not want to admit it, she clearly had no way to refute her. What Song Zaiyi said was indeed the reality.
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