However, in Mousse's view, ensuring that the lower classes could survive without depending on the upper classes did not necessarily require wiping out all the nobles in the world first.
Mousse gave an example. The wilderness of Goya Kingdom was said to be terrifying, but it was nowhere near as dangerous as the deserted islands on the Grand Line. Even ordinary people could hunt with ease as long as they had ordinary new-style rifles of medium caliber without enhancements, using full-power pointed bullets. If every poor person outside the city had one, would they still squat on garbage mountains fighting over scraps?
"Can they afford them?" Bear immediately questioned. The poor in East Blue could not even afford matchlock guns, let alone the new firearms Mousse described, capable of killing lions and tigers with a single shot.
"They're cheaper than the handmade matchlocks produced here, anyway. And several families can pool their money to buy one! Heh heh, if someone is afraid of getting the short end of the stick and refuses to cooperate with others even when fighting for their own survival, then they never had any value in living to begin with."
As Mousse said this, he seemed to recall something. A gloom entirely at odds with his appearance crossed his face.
Perhaps those unpleasant memories had affected his mood. After that, Mousse turned the topic to the more urgent and practical matter of "how to overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule."
He had already discussed part of it with Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, such as Mousse's analysis of the Celestial Dragons' mysterious "national treasure":
"The Celestial Dragons possess a mysterious trump card. I still don't know what it is, but some surviving historical records suggest that even S-rank, perhaps even SS-rank powerhouses can