The Tide of Revolution
As the first congress came to a perfect close, the World Economic Journal, carrying the carefully selected news from the event, flew alongside News Birds to every corner of the world.
Virtually everyone in the world saw the news. Of course, it was not the complete version. For instance, Leo's declaration of ownership over all the world's land was not spread.
Such ideas needed to be gradually instilled in ordinary people. Otherwise, they would only provoke an enormous public backlash. Clearly, even many within the Revolutionary Army could not accept Leo's overbearing line of thought: that all land under heaven belonged to the state, using a fabricated enemy as an excuse to claim all land for the nation. Ordinary people would find it even harder to accept.
Fortunately, controlling the mouthpiece of public opinion felt good. They were not Eagle Country and would not call black white, but they could selectively report certain matters. Explaining some things too clearly could easily provoke ordinary people's resentment, yet from the state's perspective, they had no choice but to do them.
What should be done at a time like this?
This was when the art of speaking came into play.
Politics was an art. Expression was also an art. How one spoke was still an art.
If they had not been beaten down by managers and superiors, and had instead started out in the untouchable position of a congressman, constantly saying they were responsible only to their voters and party, without ever undergoing any hardship or setbacks, then they would never learn to deal with their voters with tact and emotional intelligence.
Of course, perhaps after hearing too much empty rhetoric, ordinary people would wise up as well and realize that the bastard was fooling them.
The selectively curated