Unity
A minute later, the applause died down. Smiling, Leo said, "It seems we've reached a preliminary consensus. That's good."
The Revolutionary Army officers burst into laughter.
After that interruption, the atmosphere had relaxed considerably. Even Hachi was no longer wearing such a stiff expression, clearly having worked through his inner conflict.
In truth, discrimination itself was not the problem. As long as one was a person—or rather, a living creature—one would more or less carry some degree of prejudice.
For example, in terms of class, the rich looked down on the poor, believing them to be lazy and wasting their lives. The poor looked down on the rich: didn't they just have good fathers?
People discriminated against one another based on race.
Countries in Southeast Asia looked down on one another, the three major powers looked down on one another, and even the countries of Europe looked down on one another.
Even within a single country, it was perfectly normal for southerners to look down on northerners.
This kind of prejudice could exist even across a mountain, a river, between the north and south of a city, between two residential compounds, or even between the upper and lower floors of the same building.
But first, such discrimination could not be made into law. It could not be defined as either legal or illegal. Second, it could not be treated as normal.
Leo had safely navigated those two landmines just now, preventing such things from happening and paving the way for the equality of all people that would follow.
"Now, you understand why we are here, why we wrote examination papers, and why we came here to answer these questions in public."
"We must reach a consensus."
Leo spoke very loudly because he had no choice. The venue was too