Lin Qi's expression was perfectly normal, and everyone understood what he was really trying to say behind those words.
Conner asked with a frown, "You mean that a 'federal-style' social structure won't appear in the shelters, right?"
The Federation's social structure seemed free and lax. Aside from matters that were essentially core issues, the ruling class did not impose overly strict control over the lower classes.
Even now, many countries still believed that the Federation's model was advanced, scientific, and worth learning from.
In truth, they would never learn federal-style governance, because they had never seen how terrifying the ruling class could be when it turned hostile! They had only seen the ruling class smiling amiably; they had never seen them raise their knives and stab people! In contrast to federal society was Peng Joe's society—absolute centralization and dictatorship.
The aristocratic coalition held the power of the entire empire, while the imperial family controlled the highest authority within that coalition. The emperor's will was the goal and direction of the entire nation.
This thing, which seemed neither scientific nor rational by current standards, would soon become the mainstream within the shelters.
Making everyone play their "part" would only bring destruction in the end! Lin Qi nodded. "I prefer a strict class system. What each class can and cannot do must be established from the very beginning."
"The advantage of doing this is that an ordinary worker won't one day barge into your office, point at your nose, and tell you, 'You have to listen to me on this matter.'"
"That will never happen, because the class they belong to has already determined what they can and cannot do."
"I'm not saying discussion is bad. It's just that in the special environment of the shelter era, constantly discussing the direction of