Leo first explained to them in detail what a political system was.
Then he introduced the role of currency within a political system.
Then he shifted the subject and began explaining a currency-free credit system, ending with the unique nature of Sky Island's currency-free work-point system.
Because Sky Island was isolated from the rest of the world and had no foreign trade whatsoever, it had no need for currency.
And because its population was so small, it could fully experiment with this work-point credit system.
Since they were cadres, Leo could not say certain things too plainly, but he could still speak to them directly.
"We are going to build a city on Sky Island that exists only in fairy tales."
Leo looked around, his gaze extraordinarily resolute. "This is our ultimate goal, and the direction we must strive toward in the future. Perhaps the rest of the world cannot achieve it, but Sky Island is small, has few people, and is not heavily dependent on the outside world. So it can be done here."
"We must ensure that everyone has food to eat and clothes to wear, that technology advances, that the people live and work in peace and contentment, that the elderly have support and children have care. What cannot be accomplished by families alone, the state will accomplish for them."
"We will build a paternal state. Ordinary families will be our children; their problems will be our problems. Helping them solve those problems will be our responsibility and mission."
"However, as their guardian, we must also correct and punish their wrongful actions."
Leo's words made everyone tremble.
No one had ever proposed such an idea. No one had ever voiced such a concept.
But Leo had proposed it. He had said it aloud. Not just in the