"Precisely because the Federation is developing so rapidly, we need to regulate it rather than let it develop recklessly and chaotically, knowingly taking the wrong path through improper means!"
"It's like educating children. We have to tell them when they're doing something wrong instead of letting them get used to the wrong methods and correcting them only after they grow up."
"You should know very well that they actually got used to all this earlier than we imagined."
"Because of these loopholes, they made money they had no right to make!"
Every corporation talked about market share. What was market share, really? Put simply, it was the degree of monopoly.
Did a hundred-percent market share mean complete monopoly? Did fifty-percent market share mean monopolizing half the industry's market? Monopoly had always existed. It had merely changed forms and continued to accompany people.
Mr. Truman did not believe the Former President could not see this.
Although he was soft-eared and easily persuaded, and was not very willing to take on risky responsibilities when responsibility had to be shouldered,
that did not negate his political instincts or his ability to understand Federation society. If he truly had no ability at all, then even with someone's support, he might not have reached his current height.
The Former President's silence made this even clearer. In truth, everyone knew, but some things really were difficult to say and even harder to do.
Thinking of the money in the bank and of his cooperation and coordination with Mr. Truman, he felt that he had to try a little harder.
"This is a very big cake, Truman."
"Everyone is salivating over the profits it brings. It's too big, and there are too many people dividing it. You can't change anything. All you'll do is anger them."
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